Gender and age differences in Brazilian children's friendship nominations and peer sociometric ratings

Sex Roles

Volumn 51, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 217-225

  De Guzman, Maria Rosario T ^a   Carlo, Gustavo ^a   Ontai, Lenna L ^a   Koller, Silvia H ^b   Knight, George P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazilian children; friendships; gender

Indexed keywords

EID: 4444365427     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:SERS.0000037765.77313.c4     Document Type: Article

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