Social Identity Complexity, Cross-Ethnic Friendships, and Intergroup Attitudes in Urban Middle Schools

Child Development

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 709-721

  Knifsend, Casey A ^a   Juvonen, Jaana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PEER GROUP; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PEER GROUP; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84896319178     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12157     Document Type: Article

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