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With a Little Help from Their Peers: The Impact of Classmates on Adolescents' Development of Prosocial Behavior.

Peer groups are critical socialization agents for the development of social behavior in adolescence, but studies examining peer-group effects on individuals' prosocial behavior are scarce. Using a two-wave, multilevel data set (N = 16,893, 8481 male; 8412 female; mean age at Time 1: 14.0 years) from...

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Published in:Journal of Youth & Adolescence Vol. 49; no. 9; pp. 1849 - 1864
Main Authors: Busching, Robert, Krahé, Barbara
Format: Article
Published: Springer Nature Sep2020
Subjects:
Prosocial behavior
Peer relations
Peer pressure in adolescence
School environment
High school students
Sex distribution
Social skills
Socialization
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