When do immigrant adolescents feel personally discriminated against? Longitudinal effects of peer preference

International Journal of Behavioral Development

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 197-209

  Reitz, Anne K ^a,b   Asendorpf, Jens B ^a   Motti Stefanidi, Frosso ^c  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

developmental tasks; immigrant adolescents; longitudinal; peer nominations; perceived personal group discrimination; social preference; sociometric classroom data

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ALBANIAN (PEOPLE); ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GREECE; GREEK (PEOPLE); HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MALE; PEER GROUP; RACISM; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84930510426     PISSN: 01650254     EISSN: 14640651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0165025414567008     Document Type: Article

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