The Friends of Siblings: A Test of Social Homogamy vs. Peer Selection and Influence

Marriage and Family Review

Volumn 33, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 205-223

  Gilson, Michael S ^a   Hunt, Cathleen B ^a   Rowe, David C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Delinquency; IQ; Peer selection; Siblings; Social homogamy

Indexed keywords

EID: 27144551405     PISSN: 01494929     EISSN: 15409635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J002v33n02_05     Document Type: Article

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