Cross-Ethnic Friendships and Intergroup Attitudes Among Asian American Adolescents

Child Development

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 749-764

  Chen, Xiaochen ^a   Graham, Sandra ^b  

^a RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE; CHILD; ETHNOLOGY; FRIEND; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; SOCIAL DISTANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ASIAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE; CHILD; FRIENDS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; SOCIAL DISTANCE;

EID: 84929047011     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12339     Document Type: Article

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