Delinquency and reputational orientations of adolescent at-risk and not-at-risk males and females

Educational Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 777-793

  Carroll, Annemaree ^a   Houghton, Steve ^b   Khan, Umneea ^b   Tan, Carol ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Problem behaviour; Sex; Social identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 55849125076     PISSN: 01443410     EISSN: 14695820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443410802269872     Document Type: Article

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