Relationship Network Quality: Adolescent Adjustment and Perceptions of Relationships With Parents and Friends

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 47-53

  Laursen, Brett ^a   Mooney, Karen S ^b  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT SPRINGFIELD   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescence; close relationships; friends; parents

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CHARACTERISTIC; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

EID: 43149122007     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0002-9432.78.1.47     Document Type: Article

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