Psychosocial Benefits of Cross-Ethnic Friendships in Urban Middle Schools

Child Development

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 469-483

  Graham, Sandra ^a   Munniksma, Anke ^b   Juvonen, Jaana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CRIME VICTIM; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONELINESS; MALE; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGY; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONELINESS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; PEER GROUP; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84896315417     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12159     Document Type: Article

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