Cross-sectional and longitudinal relations among children's trust beliefs, psychological maladjustment and social relationships: Are very high as well as very low trusting children at risk?

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 595-610

  Rotenberg, Ken J ^a   Boulton, Michael J ^b   Fox, Claire L ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Best friends; Internalized maladjustment; Peers; Trust beliefs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF ESTEEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TRUST; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADJUSTMENT DISORDERS; CHILD; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRIENDS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ALIENATION; TRUST;

EID: 26044478885     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10802-005-6740-9     Document Type: Article

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