Sexual activity and school deviant behaviour among adolescents: peer influence and homophily interactions with sex and ethnicity

Criminologist and sociologists have since long recognized the importance of peer influence in adolescence, but only rarely are peer influence interactions studied with regard to important salient status characteristics. This study examines whether homophily status characteristics condition the influ...

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Authors: Berten, Hans (Author) ; Van Rossem, Ronan (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: 2009
In:Year: 2009
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)
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