Adolescent friendships and friend support in diverse groups

• Published in: Tímarit um uppeldi og menntun
• Main Author: Rúnarsdóttir, Eyrún María
• Other Authors: Doktorssjóður Rannsóknarsjóðs Háskóla Íslands, Styrktarsjóður Margaretar og Bents Schevings Thorsteinsson, Samfélagssjóður Landsbanka Íslands og Þróunarsjóður innflytjendamála
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Icelandic
• Published: Menntavísindasvið Háskóla Íslands 2022
• Subjects: friendship; adolescence; friend support; ethnic origin; school diversity; vinatengsl; unglingar; vinastuðningur; uppruni; fjölbreytni í skólaumhverfi; Hoare; Newcomer; Vina; Iceland
• Online Access: https://ojs.hi.is/tuuom/article/view/3568; https://doi.org/10.24270/tuuom.2022.31.1

Supportive friends are important for all adolescents, not the least foreign origin adolescents who may face difficulties associated with migration and belonging to a minority group in the new country. Good friends can be vital to the immigrant adolescent as providers of understanding and care, sourc...