Predicting Substance Use and Deviant Behavior from Prosociality and Sociability in Adolescents.
Social competence is commonly considered an important factor that impedes maladaptive development because individuals who lack adequate competence to direct or control their behaviors in social situations are likely to display problems. Despite the belief that social competence may be a multi-dimens...
| Published in: | Journal of Youth & Adolescence Vol. 48; no. 4; pp. 744 - 753 |
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