Adolescents' text message communication and growth in antisocial behavior across the first year of high school

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 251-264

  Ehrenreich, Samuel E ^a   Underwood, Marion K ^a   Ackerman, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Antisocial behavior; Deviancy training; Peer contagion; Text messaging

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CRIME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; STUDENT; TEXT MESSAGING; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGGRESSION; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CRIME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STUDENTS; TEXT MESSAGING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84895903310     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10802-013-9783-3     Document Type: Article

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