Deviant or diverse peer groups? The peer affiliations of aggressive elementary students

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 611-620

  Farmer, Thomas W ^a   Leung, Man Chi ^a   Pearl, Ruth ^b   Rodkin, Philip C ^a   Cadwallader, Thomas W ^a   Van Acker, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 0036740893     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.94.3.611     Document Type: Article

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