Patterns of social support in the middle childhood to early adolescent transition: Implications for adjustment

Social Development

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 398-420

  Levitt, Mary J ^a   Levitt, Jerome ^b   Bustos, Gastón L ^a   Crooks, Noel A ^a   Santos, Jennifer D ^a   Telan, Paige ^a   Hodgetts, Jennifer ^a   Milevsky, Avidan ^c  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Miami Dade County   (United States)

^c KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Social networks; Support patterns

Indexed keywords

EID: 23844531954     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2005.00308.x     Document Type: Review

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