Annotation: The impact of puberty

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 249-258

  Alsaker, F D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Developmental tasks; Puberty; Socialization

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADJUSTMENT; ADOLESCENCE; BODY IMAGE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; HUMAN; PUBERTY; REVIEW; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIALIZATION;

EID: 0030002081     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1996.tb01403.x     Document Type: Review

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