Children's and Adolescents' Decision-Making About Intergroup Peer Relationships

Handbook of Race, Racism, and the Developing Child

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 424-451

  Mcglothlin, Heidi ^a   Edmonds, Christina ^a   Killen, Melanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Cognitive skills; Intergroup peer relationships; Prosocial behaviors; Social skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954788181     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118269930.ch17     Document Type: Chapter

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