Delinquency and peer acceptance in adolescence: A within-person test of Moffitt's hypotheses

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2437-2448

  Rulison, Kelly L ^a   Kreager, Derek A ^b   Wayne Osgood, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Delinquency; Peer acceptance; Social networks; Taxonomic theory of antisocial behavior

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PEER GROUP; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84925681599     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0037966     Document Type: Article

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