Disruptiveness, Friends' Characteristics, and Delinquency in Early Adolescence: A Test of Two Competing Models of Development

Child Development

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 676-689

  Vitaro, Frank ^a   Tremblay, Richard E ^a   Kerr, Margaret ^a   Pagani, Linda ^a   Bukowski, William M ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; AGGRESSION; CHILD; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PARENTING; PEER GROUP; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0031205446     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.1997.tb04229.x     Document Type: Article

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