The salience of social referents: A field experiment on collective norms and harassment behavior in a school social network

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 899-915

  Paluck, Elizabeth Levy ^a   Shepherd, Hana Shepherd ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bullying; Relational aggression; Social conflict; Social influence; Social networks; Social norms

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BULLYING; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BULLYING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84874485693     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0030015     Document Type: Article

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