Adolescent gender differences in social support: Structure, function, and provider type

Social Work Research

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 233-241

  Colarossi, Lisa G ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Gender; Social; Support networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037513748     PISSN: 10705309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/swr/25.4.233     Document Type: Article

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