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Publication Date: 1987
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Social Structure during the School Years: Onset of the Degrouping Process.
Shrum, Wesley; Cheek, Neil H., Jr.
American Sociological Review, v52 n2 p218-23 Apr 1987
Studied children, grades three through twelve, in a community school system. The proportion of group members increases through grade six, then declines, while the proportion of liaisons increases continuously. This finding challenges traditional accounts of the development of cliques. (Author/LHW)
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Language: English
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