Intergroup Contact is Related to Evaluations of Interracial Peer Exclusion in African American Students

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1226-1240

  Ruck, Martin D ^a   Park, Henry ^a   Crystal, David S ^b   Killen, Melanie ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

African American youth; Intergroup relations; Racial exclusion; Social reasoning

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGY, ADOLESCENT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 84939988193     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-014-0227-3     Document Type: Article

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