Pals, problems, and personality: The moderating role of personality in the longitudinal association between adolescents' and best friends' delinquency

Journal of Personality

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 499-509

  Yu, Rongqin ^a   Branje, Susan ^a   Keijsers, Loes ^a   Koot, Hans M ^b   Meeus, Wim ^a,c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84883458367     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jopy.12027     Document Type: Article

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