Moderators of peer contagion: A longitudinal examination of depression socialization between adolescents and their best friends

Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 159-170

  Prinstein, Mitchell J ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

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EID: 34547345805     PISSN: 15374416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15374410701274934     Document Type: Article

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