The phenomenology of homesickness in boys

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 125-139

  Thurber, Christopher A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Attachment; Depression; Homesickness; Summer camp

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; AGE; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EXPERIENCE; GRIEF; HOME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOMENOLOGY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SEX DIFFERENCE; THEORY; WELLBEING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONELINESS; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033059702     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021911514768     Document Type: Article

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