Associations between risk behaviour and social status in European adolescents

European Journal of Developmental Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 189-203

  Agan, Maria L F ^a   Costin, Andra S ^b   Deutz, Marike H F ^c,d   Edelsbrunner, Peter A ^e   Záliš, Ladislav ^f   Franken, Aart ^c  

^a European Medical Students' Association   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^e ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^f MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Likeability; Popularity; Risk behaviour; Social status

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922449604     PISSN: 17405629     EISSN: 17405610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17405629.2014.975790     Document Type: Article

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