Sex differences in children's investment in same-sex peers

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 258-266

  Benenson, Joyce F ^a   Alavi, Kiran ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children's friendship; Durability of social bonds; Human sex differences; Same sex peers; Social investment

Indexed keywords

EID: 3242811962     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2004.05.002     Document Type: Article

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