Considering Friends Within the Context of Peers in School for the Development of Ethnic/Racial Identity

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 300-316

  Douglass, Sara ^a   Mirpuri, Sheena ^b   Yip, Tiffany ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Ethnic racial identity; Friends; Peers

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; DRAWING; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; IDENTITY; JOINT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; ETHNIC GROUP; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGY; RACE RELATION; SCHOOL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PEER GROUP; RACE RELATIONS; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84979994199     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-016-0532-0     Document Type: Article

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