Best friends' preference and popularity: Associations with aggression and prosocial behavior

International Journal of Behavioral Development

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 398-405

  Peters, Ellen ^a   Cillessen, Antonius H N ^a   Riksen Walraven, J Marianne ^a   Haselager, Gerbert J T ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Actor Partner Interdependence Model; friendship; middle childhood; peer influence; popularity; preference; similarity

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; FEMALE; FRIEND; FRIENDSHIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PEER GROUP; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 77956248539     PISSN: 01650254     EISSN: 14640651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0165025409343709     Document Type: Article

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