Adolescents’ Friendships, Academic Achievement, and Risk Behaviors: Same-Behavior and Cross-Behavior Selection and Influence Processes

Child Development

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2019, Pages e192-e211

  Gremmen, Mariola C ^a   Berger, Christian ^b   Ryan, Allison M ^c   Steglich, Christian E G ^a,d   Veenstra, René ^a   Dijkstra, Jan K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; DELINQUENCY; FEMALE; FRIEND; FRIENDSHIP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SOCIAL NETWORK; ACADEMIC SUCCESS; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PEER GROUP;

ACADEMIC SUCCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PEER GROUP; RISK-TAKING; SOCIAL NETWORKING;

EID: 85059313455     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.13045     Document Type: Article

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