Early puberty, negative peer influence, and problem behaviors in adolescent girls

Pediatrics

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 7-14

  Mrug, Sylvie ^a   Elliott, Marc N ^b   Davies, Susan ^a   Tortolero, Susan R ^c   Cuccaro, Paula ^c   Schuster, Mark A ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Peer influence; Problem behavior; Puberty; Racial ethnic differences

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GIRL; HISPANIC; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENARCHE; NEGRO; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PEER DEVIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

EID: 84891791891     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2013-0628     Document Type: Article

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