Peer relationships and preadolescents' perceptions of security in the child-mother relationship

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 457-466

  Kerns, Kathryn A ^a   Klepac, Lisa ^a   Cole, Amykay ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 21344458534     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.32.3.457     Document Type: Article

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