Quality and Stability of Cross-Ethnic Friendships: Effects of Classroom Diversity and Out-of-School Contact

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2019, Pages 554-566

  Lessard, Leah M ^a   Kogachi, Kara ^a   Juvonen, Jaana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross ethnic friendships; Ethnic diversity; Friendship quality; Friendship stability; Middle school

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FRIEND; FRIENDSHIP; HISPANIC; HUMAN; JUVENILE; LONGEVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE SCHOOL; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; STUDENT; ADOLESCENT; CALIFORNIA; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGY; SCHOOL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; CALIFORNIA; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PEER GROUP; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; STUDENTS;

EID: 85057963563     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-018-0964-9     Document Type: Article

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