Developmental trajectories of boys' delinquent group membership and facilitation of violent behaviors during adolescence

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 183-197

  Lacourse, Eric ^a,b   Nagin, Daniel ^a   Tremblay, Richard E ^b   Vitaro, Frank ^b   Claes, Michel ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FOLLOW UP; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; SOCIAL FACILITATION; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0142166265     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579403000105     Document Type: Article

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