Preliminary Models of Risk and Protective Factors for Childhood Homesickness: Review and Empirical Synthesis

Child Development

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 903-934

  Thurber, Christopher A ^a   Sigman, Marian D ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE; CAMPING; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CONTROL; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; EMOTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY HEALTH; HUMAN; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; PARENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SATISFACTION; SEPARATION ANXIETY; TEMPERAMENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY, SEPARATION; ATTITUDE; CAMPING; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; DEPENDENCY (PSYCHOLOGY); EMOTIONS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FAMILY HEALTH; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENTS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; RISK FACTORS; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 0032135798     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.1998.tb06151.x     Document Type: Article

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