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Racial Peer Group Selection in African American High School Students

✍ Scribed by Jay C. Wade; Olayiwola Okesola

Publisher: American Counseling Association
Year: 2002
Tongue: English
Weight: 823 KB
Volume: 30
Category: Article
ISSN: 0883-8534
DOI: 10.1002/j.2161-1912.2002.tb00482.x

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✦ Synopsis

This study examined the influence of racial identity and other potential factors that may contribute to African American high school students' selection of a racial peer group. Results indicated that racial identity, feelings of racial similarity, and racial composition of one's neighborhood were differentially related to peer group selection.

Esta investigación examinó la influencia de la identidad racial y otros factures potenciales que pueden contribua a la selección del grupo de compañeros racial de estudiantes de la preparatoria Africano Americanos. Cien y cuatro estudiantes Africano Americanos de una preparatoria multi‐étnica completaron medidas sobre su posición de identidad racial, los sentimientos de la similtud racial, susceptibilidad a la presión de sus compañeros, y la constitución racial su vencindario.

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