School ethnic diversity and students' interethnic relations

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-21

  Thijs, Jochem ^a   Verkuyten, Maykel ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Desegregation; Ethnic composition; Ethnic relations; School ethnic diversity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DESEGREGATION; ETHNIC COMPOSITION; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNIC RELATIONS; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHOOL; SCHOOL ETHNIC DIVERSITY; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; STUDENT;

DESEGREGATION; ETHNIC COMPOSITION; ETHNIC RELATIONS; SCHOOL ETHNIC DIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PEER GROUP; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; STUDENTS;

EID: 84894231122     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: 20448279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjep.12032     Document Type: Article

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