Relationships with intimate partner, best friend, and parents in adolescence and early adulthood: A study of the saliency of the intimate partnership

International Journal of Behavioral Development

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 569-580

  Meeus, Wim H J ^a   Branje, Susan J T ^a   van der Valk, Inge ^a   de Wied, Muriel ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Best friend; Early adulthood; Emotional problems; Intimate partner; Parents; Saliency of intimate partner

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; FRIENDSHIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RELATION; INTIMACY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 36348939802     PISSN: 01650254     EISSN: 14640651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0165025407080584     Document Type: Article

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