Adolescents' interactions with a best friend: Associations with attachment style

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 102-120

  Weimer, Barbara L ^a,c   Kerns, Kathryn A ^a   Oldenburg, Christopher M ^b  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAINT VINCENT COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MOUNT UNION   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Attachment; Communication; Friendship; Intimacy; Working models

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ASSOCIATION; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 1842661740     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2004.01.003     Document Type: Article

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