Competence, problem behavior, and the effects of having no friends, aggressive friends, or nonaggressive friends:A four-year longitudinal study

Merrill-Palmer Quarterly

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 186-213

  Palmen, Hanneke ^a   Vermande, Marjolijn M ^b   Deković, Maja ^b   van Aken, Marcel A G ^b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF CRIME AND LAW ENFORCEMENT   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 80051618475     PISSN: 0272930X     EISSN: 15350266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/mpq.2011.0010     Document Type: Article

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