Early Adolescent Friendship Selection Based on Externalizing Behavior: the Moderating Role of Pubertal Development. The SNARE Study

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1647-1657

  Franken, Aart ^a   Prinstein, Mitchell J ^b   Dijkstra, Jan Kornelis ^c   Steglich, Christian E G ^c   Harakeh, Zeena ^a   Vollebergh, Wilma A M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alcohol use; Delinquency; Pubertal development; SIENA; Social network analysis; Tobacco use

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBERTY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; PUBERTY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84958754696     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10802-016-0134-z     Document Type: Article

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