Hanging Out With the Right Crowd: Peer Influence on Risk-Taking Behavior in Adolescence

Journal of Research on Adolescence

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 189-200

  Van Hoorn, Jorien ^a   Crone, Eveline A ^a   Van Leijenhorst, Linda ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; PEER PRESSURE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX FACTOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL NORM; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PEER INFLUENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK-TAKING; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL FACILITATION; SOCIAL NORMS;

EID: 84971268434     PISSN: 10508392     EISSN: 15327795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jora.12265     Document Type: Article

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