Imaginary companions in adolescence: Sign of a deficient or positive development?

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 137-154

  Seiffge Krenke, Inge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CREATIVITY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EGO; FEMALE; GIFTED CHILD; HUMAN; IDENTITY; IMAGINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROLE PLAYING; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SUPEREGO;

EID: 0031128065     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jado.1996.0072     Document Type: Article

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