The myth of peer pressure

Adolescence

Volumn 35, Issue 137, 2000, Pages 165-180

  Ungar, Michael T ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTING OUT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CASE REPORT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ACTING OUT; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ADULT; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PEER GROUP; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOTHERAPY; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 0034154219     PISSN: 00018449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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