African American and European American students' peer groups during early adolescence: Structure, status, and academic achievement

Journal of Early Adolescence

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 74-98

  Wilson, Travis ^a   Karimpour, Ramin ^a   Rodkin, Philip C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

academic achievement; ethnicity; peer groups

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650773548     PISSN: 02724316     EISSN: 15525449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272431610387143     Document Type: Article

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