Friends influence middle schoolers' attitudes toward peers of different ethnicities, races

(Society for Research in Child Development) Studies have shown that for young people, simply being around peers from different ethnic and racial backgrounds may not be enough to improve attitudes toward other groups. Instead, children and adolescents also need to value spending time and forming relationships with peers from diverse groups. A new study examined how friends in middle school affect each other's attitudes about interacting with peers of different ethnicities and races, finding that they significantly influence each other's racial and ethnic views.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news