Testing three explanations of the emergence of weapon carrying in peer context: The roles of aggression, victimization, and the social network

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 371-376

  Dijkstra, Jan Kornelis ^a,b   Gest, Scott D ^c   Lindenberg, Siegwart ^a,b   Veenstra, René ^a,b,d   Cillessen, Antonius H N ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Interuniversity Center for Social Science Theory and Methodology   (Netherlands)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aggression; Peer influence; SIENA; Social networks; Victimization; Weapon carrying

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRIENDSHIP; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEER PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL NETWORK; WEAPON;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PEER GROUP; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; WEAPONS;

EID: 84858794554     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: 18791972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2011.08.010     Document Type: Article

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