Academic functioning and peer influences: A short-term longitudinal study of network-behavior dynamics in middle adolescence

Child Development

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 523-543

  Rambaran, J Ashwin ^a   Schwartz, David ^b   Badaly, Daryaneh ^c   Hopmeyer, Andrea ^d   Steglich, Christian ^a   Veenstra, René ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; FRIEND; FRIENDSHIP; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEER PRESSURE; TRUANCY; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PEER INFLUENCE; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY;

EID: 84992188245     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12611     Document Type: Article

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