The experience of minority students at predominantly white universities: The role of intergroup friendships

Navigating the Future: Social Identity, Coping, and Life Tasks

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 191-209

  McLaughlin Volpe, Tracy ^a   Mendoza Denton, Rodolfo ^b   Shelton, J Nicole ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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