Same-gender and cross-gender likeability: Associations with popularity and status enhancement: The trails study

Journal of Early Adolescence

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 773-802

  Dijkstra, Jan Kornelis ^a   Cillessen, Antonius H N ^b,c   Lindenberg, Siegwart ^a   Veenstra, René ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

antisocial behavior; gender; likeability; popularity

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650815869     PISSN: 02724316     EISSN: 15525449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272431609350926     Document Type: Article

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