Group Influences on Individual Aggression and Prosociality: Early Adolescents Who Change Peer Affiliations

Social Development

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 396-413

  Berger, Christian ^a   Rodkin, Philip C ^b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Peers peer relations; Prosocial behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859305337     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: 14679507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2011.00628.x     Document Type: Article

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