The reliability and validity of a group-based measure of adolescents' friendship closeness

Research on Social Work Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 707-719

  Beadnell, Blair ^a   Carlisle, Shauna K ^a   Hoppe, Marilyn J ^a   Mariano, Kristin A ^a   Wilsdon, Anthony ^a   Morrison, Diane M ^a   Wells, Elizabeth A ^a   Gillmore, Mary Rogers ^b   Higa, Darrel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Friendship; Intervention; Measurement; Multilevel

Indexed keywords

EID: 35148812932     PISSN: 10497315     EISSN: 15527581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049731506299022     Document Type: Article

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