Interminority Friendships and Intergroup Attitudes Across Middle School: Quantity and Stability of Black-Latino Ties

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2019, Pages 1619-1630

  Rastogi, Ritika ^a   Juvonen, Jaana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Cross ethnic friendships; Friendship stability; Intergroup attitudes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; FRIEND; FRIENDSHIP; HISPANIC; HUMAN; JUVENILE; MALE; MIDDLE SCHOOL; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE; ETHNOLOGY; SCHOOL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; SCHOOLS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85066804336     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-019-01044-9     Document Type: Article

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