What makes a girl (or a boy) popular (or unpopular)? African American children's perceptions and developmental differences

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 599-612

  Xie, Hongling ^a   Li, Yan ^b   Boucher, Signe M ^c   Hutchins, Bryan C ^c   Cairns, Beverley D ^c  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

African American children; Developmental differences; Deviant behaviors; Gender; Perceptions of popularity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; NEGRO; PEER GROUP; PERCEPTION; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPATHY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CHILD; DOMINANCE-SUBORDINATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PEER GROUP; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; POVERTY AREAS; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEPRIVATION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33746371011     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.42.4.599     Document Type: Article

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