Relative group size and minority school success: The role of intergroup friendship and discrimination experiences

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 328-349

  Baysu, Gülseli ^a,b   Phalet, Karen ^b   Brown, Rupert ^c  

^a KADIR HAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGY; SCHOOL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; PREJUDICE; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901919043     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: 20448309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjso.12035     Document Type: Article

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