Age Differences in Resistance to Peer Influence

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1531-1543

  Steinberg, Laurence ^a   Monahan, Kathryn C ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescence; peer influence; peer pressure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; CHILD; CRIME; DECISION MAKING; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PEER GROUP; PHYSIOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; CHILD; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CRIME; DECISION MAKING; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JUDGMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PEER GROUP; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 34547447363     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.43.6.1531     Document Type: Article

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