Dominance-popularity status, behavior, and the emergence of sexual activity in young adolescents

Evolutionary Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 296-319

  De Bruyn, Eddy H ^a   Cillessen, Antonius H N ^b,c   Weisfeld, Glenn E ^d  

^a Institute of Educational and Behavioral Studies   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Attractiveness; Dominance; Peer status; Popularity; Sexual activity; Young adolescence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864386405     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14747049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/147470491201000209     Document Type: Article

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