Homophily in stable and unstable adolescent friendships: Similarity breeds constancy

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 607-612

  Hafen, Christopher A ^a   Laursen, Brett ^b   Burk, William J ^c   Kerr, Margaret ^d   Stattin, Håkan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^d ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adolescent friendships; Friendship stability; Homophily; Risk behaviors

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960422779     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2011.05.027     Document Type: Article

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