Physical Aggression, Spreading of Rumors, and Social Prominence in Early Adolescence: Reciprocal Effects Supporting Gender Similarities?

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1801-1810

  Juvonen, Jaana ^a   Wang, Yueyan ^b   Espinoza, Guadalupe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Gender; Middle school; Rumors; Social prominence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHOOL; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; AGGRESSION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; PEER GROUP; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS;

EID: 84888010996     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-012-9894-0     Document Type: Article

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