Do you like me as much as I like you? Friendship reciprocity and its effects on school outcomes among adolescents

Social Science Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 55-72

  Vaquera, Elizabeth ^a   Kao, Grace ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Education; Ethnicity; Friendship reciprocity; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 39149083409     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2006.11.002     Document Type: Article

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