Men and women's attachment and contact patterns with parents during the first year of college

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 221-228

  Sorokou, Christina F ^a   Weissbrod, Carol S ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Attachment; Gender

Indexed keywords

EID: 20844463025     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-005-4304-5     Document Type: Article

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