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The organization of children's same‐sex peer relationships
Author(s) -
Benenson Joyce,
Apostoleris Nicholas,
Parnass Jodi
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
new directions for child and adolescent development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.628
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1534-8687
pISSN - 1520-3247
DOI - 10.1002/cd.23219988103
Subject(s) - peer group , psychology , cluster (spacecraft) , peer relations , developmental psychology , sociometry , group structure , group (periodic table) , computer science , chemistry , organic chemistry , psychotherapist , programming language
Although boys structure their peer groups by creating a large central cluster composed of smaller integrated clusters and girls form small clusters that are unrelated to one another, girls are nevertheless keenly aware of and sensitive to the status of individual girls in their peer group.