Gender similarities and differences in preadolescent peer groups: Group structure and ethnic diversity

Merrill-Palmer Quarterly

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 157-183

  Xie, Hongling ^a   Shi, Bing ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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