Do physical and relational aggression explain adolescents' friendship selection? The competing roles of network characteristics, gender, and social status

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 417-429

  Dijkstra, Jan Kornelis ^a   Berger, Christian ^b   Lindenberg, Siegwart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Aggression; Friendship selection; Longitudinal social network analyses (SIENA); Perceived popularity; Preference; Social

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILE; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGGRESSION; CHILD; CHILE; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 79960554082     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: 10982337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.20402     Document Type: Article

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