Gender differences in predicting delinquent behavior: Do individual differences matter?

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 359-374

  Cohn, Ellen S ^a   Modecki, Kathryn L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Attitudes; Delinquency; Gender differences; Individual differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248395151     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2007.35.3.359     Document Type: Article

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