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ERIC Number: EJ602168
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2000
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ISSN: ISSN-0743-5584
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Close and General Friendships among African American, Latino, and Asian American Adolescents from Low-Income Families.
Way, Niobe; Chen, Lisa
Journal of Adolescent Research, v15 n2 p274-301 Mar 2000
Examined friendship among 160 African American, Latino, and Asian American ninth graders from low-income families. Found significant gender and racial/ethnic differences in the characteristics and quality of close and general friendships. Correlates of friendship quality varied across the type of friendship and across gender. (Author/KB)
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescent Development, Asian Americans, Blacks, Comparative Analysis, Early Adolescents, Friendship, Grade 9, Hispanic Americans, Low Income Groups, Peer Relationship, Racial Differences, Sex Differences, Significant Others, Social Development
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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