Peer interactions and friendships in an ethnically diverse school setting.
Peer interaction, social status, and reciprocated friendships were examined in 2 ethnically diverse groups of children: 104 kindergartners and 106 third graders. There was no correlation between social status and ethnicity. Third-grade children formed more cross-ethnic friendships and engaged in more cross-ethnic positive peer interaction than kindergartners. Children with more cross-ethnic friendships and more cross-ethnic peer interaction were no different in social status than children with fewer cross-ethnic experiences.
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Graduate School of Education, University of California, Los Angeles 90024-1521.
Wu
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D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008913:Minority Groups / Q000523:psychology*; D010379:Peer Group; D010988:Play and Playthings; D012928:Social Desirability; D012931:Social Environment; D012938:Social Perception