Stability and variability of adolescents' affiliation with delinquent friends: Predictors and consequences

Social Development

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 205-225

  Brendgen, Mara ^a   Vitaro, Frank ^c   Bukowski, William M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^c Res U Children's Psychosocial M ^*

Author keywords

Delinquency; Friendship; Stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034344351     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9507.00120     Document Type: Article

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