Who is more important for early adolescents' developmental choices? Peers or parents?

Marriage and Family Review

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 95-122

  Wang, Aimin ^a   Peterson, Gary W ^a   Morphey, Lori Kaye ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Intimacy; Lifestyle choices; Long term choices; Parent early adolescent relations; Parental influence; Peer influence

Indexed keywords

EID: 36048930853     PISSN: 01494929     EISSN: 15409635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J002v42n02_06     Document Type: Article

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