A Survival Analysis of Adolescent Friendships: The Downside of Dissimilarity

Psychological Science

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1304-1315

  Hartl, Amy C ^a   Laursen, Brett ^a   Cillessen, Antonius H N ^b  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

aggression; friends; peer acceptance; relationship dissolution; survival analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGGRESSION; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PEER GROUP; PHYSIOLOGY; SCHOOL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGGRESSION; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PEER GROUP; SCHOOLS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84938594644     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797615588751     Document Type: Article

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