Adolescents’ Engagement in Ethnic Harassment: Prejudiced Beliefs in Social Networks and Classroom Ethnic Diversity

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 1151-1163

  Bayram Özdemir, Sevgi ^a   Sun, Shuyan ^b   Korol, Liliia ^c   Özdemir, Metin ^a   Stattin, Håkan ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF OSTROH ACADEMY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CLIMATE; FEMALE; GIRL; HARASSMENT; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SOCIAL NETWORK; SWEDISH CITIZEN; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE; BULLYING; CRIME VICTIM; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIGRANT; PEER PRESSURE; PREJUDICE; SCHOOL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE; BULLYING; CRIME VICTIMS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; CULTURE; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PEER INFLUENCE; PREJUDICE; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWEDEN;

EID: 85039864223     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-017-0795-0     Document Type: Article

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