Individual and class room predictors of same-cultural friendship preferences in multicultural schools

International Journal of Behavioral Development

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 255-265

  Stefanek, Elisabeth ^a   Strohmeier, Dagmar ^a   Van De Schoot, Rens ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES UPPER AUSTRIA   (Austria)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

acculturation; contact theory; friendship preferences; immigrant youths; multilevel modelling; Same cultural friendships

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CULTURAL FACTOR; CULTURAL VALUE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FRIENDSHIP; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MALE; RACISM; TURK (PEOPLE); YUGOSLAVIAN;

EID: 84930517727     PISSN: 01650254     EISSN: 14640651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0165025414538556     Document Type: Article

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