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ERIC Number: EJ605482
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0012-1649
Do Birds of a Feather Flock Together? The Variable Bases for African American, Asian American, and European American Adolescents' Selection of Similar Friends.
Hamm, Jill V.
Developmental Psychology, v36 n2 p209-19 Mar 2000
Examined variability in adolescent-friend similarity in African American, Asian American, and European American adolescents. Found greatest similarity for substance use, modest for academic orientation, and low for ethnic identity. Found that compared with other groups, African Americans chose friends who were less similar in academic orientation or substance use but more similar in ethnic identity. (Author/KB)
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescents, Asian Americans, Black Youth, Comparative Analysis, Ethnic Groups, Ethnicity, Friendship, Grade Point Average, Homework, Substance Abuse, Whites
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Academic Orientation; African Americans; Behavioral Variability; European Americans; Similarities