Children's cross-ethnic friendships: Why are they less stable than same-ethnic friendships?

European Journal of Developmental Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 649-662

  Jugert, Philipp ^a   Noack, Peter ^a   Rutland, Adam ^b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Cross ethnic friendships; Social network analysis; Stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887071208     PISSN: 17405629     EISSN: 17405610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17405629.2012.734136     Document Type: Article

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