How Peers Make a Difference: The Role of Peer Groups and Peer Relationships in Personality Development

European Journal of Personality

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 279-288

  Reitz, Anne K ^a,b   Zimmermann, Julia ^c   Hutteman, Roos ^d,e   Specht, Jule ^f   Neyer, Franz J ^c  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dyadic relationships; Lifespan perspective; Peer groups; Peers; Personality development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904644339     PISSN: 08902070     EISSN: 10990984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/per.1965     Document Type: Article

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