The Emergence of Solitude as a Constructive Domain of Experience in Early Adolescence

Child Development

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 80-93

  Larson, Reed W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031063247     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.1997.tb01927.x     Document Type: Article

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