The same old song? - Stability and change in relationship schemas from adolescence to young adulthood

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 17-29

  Waldinger, Robert J ^a   Diguer, Louis ^b   Guastella, Frank ^c   Lefebvre, Rachel ^d   Allen, Joseph P ^e   Luborsky, Lester ^f   Hauser, Stuart T ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c Concordia University ^*  (United States)

^d Library and Information Science from Rosary College   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Adult development; Relationship schemas

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141737584     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014080915602     Document Type: Article

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