Do race and ethnicity matter among friends? Activities among interracial, interethnic, and intraethnic adolescent friends
Do race and ethnicity matter among friends? Activities among interracial, interethnic, and intraethnic adolescent friends
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1533-8525.2004.tb02303.x
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发表时间：
2004-06-01
影响因子：
1.2
通讯作者：
Joyner, K
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作者：
Kao, G;Joyner, K
使用国家青少年健康纵向研究（或添加健康），在1994-1995年的青少年的全国代表性样本，我们研究是否以及如何友谊活动之间的不同种族，种族间，种族内的友谊白色，黑人，西班牙裔和亚洲青年。我们发现，最好的朋友比更高层次的朋友更有可能来自同一种族，最好的朋友在过去一周里比他们的高级友谊同行报告了更多的共同活动。因此，我们认为，共同的活动是一个有用的指标友谊亲密。一般来说，跨种族的朋友比同种族的朋友报告的共同活动要少，尽管这种差异在白色受访者中最大。此外，我们发现，白色，亚洲和西班牙裔青年都报告与黑人朋友的活动较少。我们发现，在友谊活动之间的种族和种族内的友谊没有什么区别。我们的研究结果表明，即使年轻人在选择友谊时设法打破种族界限，这些友谊也比同一种族的个体之间的友谊面临更大的挑战。
Using the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (or Add Health), a nationally representative sample of adolescents in 1994-1995, we examine if and how friendship activities differ among interracial, interethnic, and intraethnic friendships of white, black, Hispanic, and Asian youths. We find that best friends are more likely than higher-order friends to be from the same ethnic group and that best friends report more shared activities during the past week than do their higher-order friendship counterparts. Hence, we argue that shared activities is a useful indicator of friendship intimacy. In general, interracial friends report fewer shared activities than do intraracial friends, although this difference is strongest for white respondents. Moreover, we find that white, Asian, and Hispanic youths all report fewer activities with their black friends. We find little difference in friendship activities between interethnic and intraethnic friendships. Our findings suggest that, even when youths manage to break racial boundaries in friendship selection, these friendships face greater challenges than do those between, individuals of the same race.