Similarity in depressive symptoms in adolescents' friendship dyads: Selection or socialization?

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1804-1814

  Giletta, Matteo ^a,b   Scholte, Ron H J ^b   Burk, William J ^b   Engels, Rutger C M E ^b   Larsen, Junilla K ^b   Prinstein, Mitchell J ^c   Ciairano, Silvia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Depressive symptoms; Friendships; Homophily; Selection; Socialization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIALIZATION; SOCIOMETRIC STATUS; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIALIZATION; SOCIOMETRIC TECHNIQUES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 82755197366     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023872     Document Type: Article

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