Self-esteem, delinquent peers, and delinquency: A test of the self-enhancement thesis

American Sociological Review

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 586-598

  Jang, Sung Joon ^a,b   Thornberry, Terence P ^a,b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 1842667013     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2657269     Document Type: Article

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