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Direct linkEchols, Leslie – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2015
This study examined the influence of academic teaming (i.e., sharing academic classes with the same classmates) on the relationship between social preference and peer victimization among 6th-grade students in middle school. Approximately 1,000 participants were drawn from 5 middle schools that varied in their practice of academic teaming. A novel…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Grade 6, Ability Grouping, Peer Relationship
Spivak, Asha Leah; White, Samantha Simmons; Juvonen, Jaana; Graham, Sandra – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2015
This study examined the association between ethnicity-related context variables and the prosocial behavior of early adolescents in ethnically/racially diverse schools. Specifically, youths' perceptions of greater representation of same-ethnic peers at school, school support for ethnic diversity, and engagement in and valuing cross-ethnic contact…
Descriptors: Correlation, Prosocial Behavior, Early Adolescents, Student Diversity
Echols, Leslie; Graham, Sandra – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2013
This study examined how "homophily" (similarity) and "propinquity" (availability) simultaneously predict both unidirectional and reciprocal cross-ethnic friendships among early adolescents in ethnically diverse classrooms. In a sample of sixth-grade students, liking nominations were used as the indicator of friendship, and both…
Descriptors: Friendship, Early Adolescents, Ethnic Diversity, Student Diversity
