Same-sex versus other-sex best friendship in early adolescence: Longitudinal predictors of antisocial behavior throughout adolescence

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1059-1070

  Arndorfer, Cara Lee ^a   Stormshak, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Antisocial behavior; Best friends; Early adolescence; Other sex friendship; Peer relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 49349108337     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-008-9311-x     Document Type: Article

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