Contributions of Racial and Sociobehavioral Homophily to Friendship Stability and Quality Among Same-Race and Cross-Race Friends

Journal of Early Adolescence

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 897-919

  McDonald, Kristina L ^a   Dashiell Aje, Ebony ^b   Menzer, Melissa M ^c   Rubin, Kenneth H ^c   Oh, Wonjung ^d   Bowker, Julie C ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNITED BIOSOURCE CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

dyadic relationships; friendship; middle school; race racial issues

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883431271     PISSN: 02724316     EISSN: 15525449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272431612472259     Document Type: Article

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