The Peer Context and the Development of the Perpetration of Adolescent Dating Violence

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 471-486

  Foshee, Vangie A ^a   Benefield, Thad S ^b   Reyes, Heath Luz McNaughton ^a   Ennett, Susan T ^a   Faris, Robert ^c   Chang, Ling Yin ^d   Hussong, Andrea ^b   Suchindran, Chirayath M ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent dating violence; Dating abuse; Peer context; Social network analyses

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874948277     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-013-9915-7     Document Type: Article

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