Peer group membership and a sense of belonging: Their relationship to adolescent behavior problems

Adolescence

Volumn 42, Issue 166, 2007, Pages 241-264

  Newman, Barbara M ^a,b   Lohman, Brenda J ^b   Newman, Philip R ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONDUCT DISORDER; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CONDUCT DISORDER; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PEER GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 34547960906     PISSN: 00018449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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