Children's social identification with a friendship group: A moderating effect on intent to conform to norms

Small Group Research

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 694-719

  Kwon, Kyongboon ^a   Lease, A Michele ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Conformity intent; Friendship group; Group norms; Social identification

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449372614     PISSN: 10464964     EISSN: 15528278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1046496409346578     Document Type: Article

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