Social support and loss during adolescence: How different are teen girls from Boys?

Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment

Volumn 7, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 5-21

  Chapman, Mimi V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Gender differences; Loss; Social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248602403     PISSN: 10911359     EISSN: 15403556     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J137v07n03_02     Document Type: Article

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