Best friends in adolescence show similar educational careers in early adulthood

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 102-111

  Kiuru, Noona ^a   Salmela Aro, Katariina ^b   Nurmi, Jari Erik ^a   Zettergren, Peter ^c   Andersson, Håkan ^c   Bergman, Lars ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Actor partner interdependence modeling (APIM); Adolescence; Career development; Educational careers; Friendship; Multilevel modeling (MLM)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858081937     PISSN: 01933973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appdev.2011.12.001     Document Type: Article

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