These are studies we have included so far. An update of the literature search is on its way. If you have any studies that you think are relevant but not included here, please send me an email. You'll find my mailadress here: Claudia Neuendorf at uni potsdam.
Graham, S., Munniksma, A., & Juvonen, J. (2014). Psychosocial benefits of cross‐ethnic friendships in urban middle schools. Child Development, 85(2), 469–483. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12159
Grütter, J., Meyer, B., & Glenz, A. (2015). Social exclusion in inclusive classrooms: A question of viewpoint? Psychologie in Erziehung und Unterricht, 63(1), 65–82. https://doi.org/10.2378/peu2015.art05d
Grütter, J., & Tropp, L. R. (2018). How friendship is defined matters for predicting intergroup attitudes: Shared activities and mutual trust with cross-ethnic peers during late childhood and early adolescence. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 43(2), 128–135. https://doi.org/10.1177/0165025418802471
Grütter, J., Meyer, B., Philipp, M., Stegmann, S., & Van Dick, R. (2021). Beyond ethnic diversity: The role of teacher care for interethnic relations. Frontiers in Education, 5, 586709. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2020.586709
Hughes, D., Del Toro, J., Harding, J. F., Way, N., & Rarick, J. R. (2016). Trajectories of discrimination across adolescence: Associations with academic, psychological, and behavioral outcomes. Child Development, 87(4), 1337–1351. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12591
Janmaat, J. G. (2012). The effect of classroom diversity on tolerance and participation in England, Sweden and Germany. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 38(1), 21–39. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183x.2012.640007
Jansen, P. W., Mieloo, C. L., Dommisse-Van Berkel, A., Verlinden, M., Van Der Ende, J., Stevens, G., Verhulst, F. C., Jansen, W., & Tiemeier, H. (2016). Bullying and victimization among young elementary school children: The role of child ethnicity and ethnic school composition. Race and Social Problems, 8(4), 271–280. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12552-016-9182-9
Juvonen, J., Nishina, A., & Graham, S. (2006). Ethnic diversity and perceptions of safety in urban middle schools. Psychological Science, 17(5), 393–400. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9280.2006.01718.x
Juvonen, J., Kogachi, K., & Graham, S. (2018). When and how do students benefit from ethnic diversity in middle school. Child Development, 89(4), 1268–1282. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12834
Kalter, F., & Kruse, H. (2015). Ethnic diversity, homophily, and network cohesion in European classrooms. In R. Koopmans, B. Lancee, & M. Schaeffer (Eds.), Social cohesion and immigration in Europe and North America: Mechanisms, conditions, and causality (pp. 187–207). Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.
Kawabata, Y., & Crick, N. R. (2011). The significance of cross-racial/ethnic friendships: Associations with peer victimization, peer support, sociometric status, and classroom diversity. Developmental Psychology, 47(6), 1763–1775. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0025399
Kogachi, K., & Graham, S. (2020). Numerical minority status and racial/ethnic segregation in academic classes: Longitudinal effects on middle school outcomes. Child Development, 91(6), 2083–2102. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13408
Kogachi, K., & Graham, S. (2021). Same-race friendship preference across the middle school years: The role of school racial/ethnic context. Developmental Psychology, 57(12), 2134–2149. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001263
Lanza, H. I., Echols, L., & Graham, S. (2018). A silver lining: The role of ethnic diversity on co-occurring trajectories of weight status and peer victimization across early adolescence. Journal of Adolescent Health, 63(5), 554–560. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2018.05.026
Lessard, L. M., Kogachi, K., & Juvonen, J. (2019). Quality and stability of cross-ethnic friendships: Effects of classroom diversity and out-of-school contact. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 48(3), 554–566. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-018-0964-9
Malacarne, T. (2017). Rich friends, poor friends: Inter–socioeconomic status friendships in secondary school. Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World, 3, 237802311773699. https://doi.org/10.1177/2378023117736994
McGill, R., Way, N., & Hughes, D. (2012). Intra- and interracial best friendships during middle school: Links to social and emotional well-being. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 22(4), 722–738. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1532-7795.2012.00826.x
Menzer, M. M., & Torney‐Purta, J. (2012). Individualism and socioeconomic diversity at school as related to perceptions of the frequency of peer aggression in fifteen countries. Journal of Adolescence, 35(5), 1285–1294. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2012.04.013
Moody, J. (2001). Race, school integration, and friendship segregation in America. American Journal of Sociology, 107(3), 679-716.
Munniksma, A., Ziemes, J., & Jugert, P. (2022). Ethnic diversity and students’ social adjustment in Dutch classrooms. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 51(1), 141-155.
Rjosk, C., Richter, D., Lüdtke, O., & Eccles, J. S. (2017). Ethnic composition and heterogeneity in the classroom: Their measurement and relationship with student outcomes. Journal of Educational Psychology, 109(8), 1188–1204. https://doi.org/10.1037/edu0000185
Rowe, D. C., Almeida, D. M., & Jacobson, K. C. (1999). School context and genetic influences on aggression in adolescence. Psychological Science, 10(3), 277–280.
Schachner, M. K., Brenick, A., Noack, P., Van de Vijver, F. J. R., & Heizmann, B. (2015). Structural and normative conditions for interethnic friendships in multi-ethnic classrooms. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 47, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2015.02.003
Schwarzenthal, M., Schachner, M. K., Van de Vijver, F. J. R., & Juang, L. P. (2018). Equal but different: Effects of equality/inclusion and cultural pluralism on intergroup outcomes in multi-ethnic classrooms. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 24(2), 260–271. https://doi.org/10.1037/cdp0000173
Schultze‐Krumbholz, A., Ittel, A., & Scheithauer, H. (2020). The association between in‐class cultural diversity with empathy and bullying in adolescence: A multilevel mediation analysis. International Journal of Psychology, 55(5), 769–778. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijop.12700
Seaton, E. K., & Yip, T. (2009). School and neighbourhood contexts, perceptions of racial discrimination, and psychological well-being among African American adolescents. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 38(2), 153–163. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-008-9356-x
Siegmunt, O., & Lukash, A. (2019). Classroom heterogeneity, immigration background, and juvenile delinquency in Switzerland: An exploratory study. Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, 35(4), 484-505. https://doi.org/10.1177/1043986219883447
Spiegler, O., Zingora, T., & Jugert, P. (2024). Classroom ethnic diversity, teacher support, and peer victimization: Evidence from four European countries. Infant and Child Development, 33(2), e2413.
Spivak, A. L., White, S. S., Juvonen, J., & Graham, S. (2015). Correlates of prosocial behaviours of students in ethnically and racially diverse middle schools. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 61(2), 236. https://doi.org/10.13110/merrpalmquar1982.61.2.0236
Stefanek, E., Strohmeier, D., & Van de Schoot, R. (2015). Individual and classroom predictors of same-cultural friendship preferences in multicultural schools. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 39(3), 255–265. https://doi.org/10.1177/0165025414538556
Sum, P., & Bădescu, G. (2019). Does inequality erode generalized trust? Evidence from Romanian youths. Acta Politica, 54(4), 584–606. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41269-018-0092-2
Tolsma, J., Van Deurzen, I., Stark, T. H., & Veenstra, R. (2013). Who is bullying whom in ethnically diverse primary schools? Exploring links between bullying, ethnicity, and ethnic diversity in Dutch primary schools. Social Networks, 35(1), 51–61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socnet.2012.12.002
Troop-Gordon, W., Chambless, K., & Brandt, T. (2021). Peer victimization and well-being as a function of same-ethnicity classmates and classroom social norms: Revisiting person × environment mismatch theory. Developmental Psychology, 57(12), 2050–2066. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001161
Van Houtte, M., & Stevens, P. A. (2009). School ethnic composition and students' integration outside and inside schools in Belgium. Sociology of Education, 82(3), 217-239.
Van der Wildt, A., Van Avermaet, P., & Van Houtte, M. (2015). Do birds singing the same song flock together? A mixed-method study on language as a tool for changing social homophily in primary schools in Flanders (Belgium). International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 49, 168–182. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2015.10.002
Van der Wildt, A., Van Avermaet, P., & Van Houtte, M. (2017). Multilingual school population: Ensuring school belonging by tolerating multilingualism. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 20(7), 868–882. https://doi.org/10.1080/13670050.2015.1125846
Williams, J. L., & Hamm, J. V. (2018). Peer group ethnic diversity and social competencies in youth attending rural middle schools. The Journal of Early Adolescence, 38(6), 795–823. https://doi.org/10.1177/0272431617699945