Gender differences in developmental links among antisocial behavior, friends' antisocial behavior, and peer rejection in childhood: Results from two cultures

Child Development

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 841-855

  Van Lier, Pol A C ^a,b   Vitaro, Frank ^c   Wanner, Brigitte ^c   Vuijk, Patricia ^a   Crijnen, Alfons A M ^a  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; CANADA; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOPATHY; REVIEW; RISK; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOMETRIC STATUS; STATISTICS;

ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CHILD; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUEBEC; REJECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); RISK; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL FACILITATION; SOCIOMETRIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 23844487207     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2005.00881.x     Document Type: Review

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