Adolescent reputation enhancement: Differentiating delinquent, nondelinquent, and at-risk youths

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 593-606

  Carroll, Annemaree ^a   Hattie, John ^c   Houghton, Stephen ^b   Durkin, Kevin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Adolescence; Delinquency; Peer relations; Reputation enhancement; Social status

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; DELINQUENCY; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PEER GROUP; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK-TAKING; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL CONFORMITY; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL VALUES; STATISTICS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0345711462     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021963099003807     Document Type: Article

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