Structure Matters: The Role of Clique Hierarchy in the Relationship Between Adolescent Social Status and Aggression and Prosociality

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 2257-2274

  Pattiselanno, Kim ^a   Dijkstra, Jan Kornelis ^a   Steglich, Christian ^a   Vollebergh, Wilma ^b   Veenstra, René ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aggression; Cliques; Hierarchy; Peer status; Popularity; Prosocial behavior

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGGRESSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PEER PRESSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGGRESSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NETHERLANDS; PEER INFLUENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84946499558     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-015-0310-4     Document Type: Article

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