Friendships Fighting Prejudice: A Longitudinal Perspective on Adolescents’ Cross-Group Friendships with Immigrants

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1318-1331

  Titzmann, Peter F ^a   Brenick, Alaina ^b   Silbereisen, Rainer K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contact hypothesis; Immigrants; Intergroup attitudes; Intergroup friendships; Longitudinal; Prejudice

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRIEND; GERMANY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRANT; PEER GROUP; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; FRIENDS; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PEER GROUP; PREJUDICE; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 84939977032     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-015-0256-6     Document Type: Article

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