Friendship context matters: Examining the domain specificity of alcohol and depression socialization among adolescents

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1027-1043

  Giletta, Matteo ^a,b   Scholte, Ron H J ^b   Prinstein, Mitchell J ^c   Engels, Rutger C M E ^b   Rabaglietti, Emanuela ^a   Burk, William J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

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

Author keywords

Alcohol misuse; Depressive symptoms; Dyads; Friendship; Networks; Peer influence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOLISM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; ITALY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIALIZATION; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ALCOHOLISM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; ITALY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PEER GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIALIZATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84866742387     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10802-012-9625-8     Document Type: Article

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