Links between Pubertal Timing, Peer Influences, and Externalizing Behaviors among Urban Students Followed Through Middle School

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 181.e7-181.e13

  Lynne, Sarah D ^a   Graber, Julia A ^a   Nichols, Tracy R ^b   Brooks Gunn, Jeanne ^c   Botvin, Gilbert J ^b  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Aggression; Delinquency; Delinquent peers; Longitudinal; Mediation; Middle school; Minority; Pubertal timing; Urban

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DELINQUENCY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE SCHOOL; PEER GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SCHOOL CHILD; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33846441694     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2006.09.008     Document Type: Article

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