Popularity and adolescent friendship networks: Selection and influence dynamics

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1242-1252

  Dijkstra, Jan Kornelis ^a   Cillessen, Antonius H N ^b   Borch, Casey ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Friendship networks; Longitudinal social network analyses (SIENA); Peer influence; Peer status; Popularity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882564993     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0030098     Document Type: Article

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