Staying in or moving away from structured activities: Explanations involving parents and peers

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 197-207

  Persson, Andreas ^a   Kerr, Margaret ^a   Stattin, Håkan ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Delinquency; Parent relations; Peer relations; Structured activities; Unstructured activities

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LEADERSHIP; LEISURE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOMETRIC STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LEADERSHIP; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PEER GROUP; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIOMETRIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 33846091703     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.43.1.197     Document Type: Article

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