Adolescent friendship relations and developmental outcomes: Ethnic and gender differences

Journal of Early Adolescence

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 405-425

  Wissink, Inge B ^a   Deković, Maja ^a   Meijer, Anne Marie ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ethnic; Friends; Gender; Problem behavior; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

EID: 65749115553     PISSN: 02724316     EISSN: 15525449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272431608322945     Document Type: Article

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