Ethnic-Racial Identity and Friendships in Early Adolescence

Child Development

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 710-724

  Rivas Drake, Deborah ^a   Umaña Taylor, Adriana J ^b   Schaefer, David R ^b   Medina, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CHILD; FEMALE; FRIEND; FRIENDSHIP; GIRL; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IDENTITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; SOCIAL NETWORK; STUDENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; PEER GROUP; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN AMERICANS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; PEER GROUP; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 85018494636     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12790     Document Type: Article

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