The influence of friends on adolescents' behavior problems at school: The role of ego, alter and dyadic characteristics

Social Networks

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 583-592

  Geven, Sara ^a   Weesie, Jeroen ^a   Van Tubergen, Frank ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Dynamic social network analysis; Peer influence; School behavior; SIENA

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883280963     PISSN: 03788733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socnet.2013.08.002     Document Type: Article

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