Gender and age differences in the concerns of adolescents in Northern Ireland

Adolescence

Volumn 33, Issue 132, 1998, Pages 862-876

  Gallagher, Mary ^a   Millar, Rob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANXIETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NORTHERN IRELAND; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0346243637     PISSN: 00018449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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