Stopping the Drama: Gendered Influence in a Network Field Experiment

Social Psychology Quarterly

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 173-193

  Shepherd, Hana ^a   Paluck, Elizabeth Levy ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescents; bullying; gender; norms; social influence; social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930512821     PISSN: 01902725     EISSN: 19398999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0190272515581212     Document Type: Article

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