Similarity as the basis for children's friendships: The roles of sociometric status, aggressive and withdrawn behavior, academic achievement and demographic characteristics

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 439-452

  Kupersmidt, Janis B ^a   DeRosier, Melissa E ^a   Patterson, Charlotte P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

aggression; children's friendships; sociometric status

Indexed keywords

EID: 84965384666     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: 14603608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407595123007     Document Type: Article

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