Dimensions of social status in preadolescent peer groups: Likability, perceived popularity, and social dominance

Social Development

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 508-533

  Lease, A Michele ^a   Musgrove, Karen T ^b   Axelrod, Jennifer L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Dominance; Peer relations; Perceived popularity; Social status

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036404532     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9507.00213     Document Type: Review

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