Perceived sibling relationships and adolescent development

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 133-147

  Yeh, Hsiu Chen ^a   Lempers, Jacques D ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent development; Longitudinal; Perceived sibling relationships; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 3543080955     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOYO.0000013425.86424.0f     Document Type: Article

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