The Mediational Role of Adolescents' Friends in Relations Between Activity Breadth and Adjustment

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1081-1094

  Simpkins, Sandra D ^a   Eccles, Jacquelynne S ^b   Becnel, Jennifer N ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

adjustment; adolescence; friendships; out of school activities

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONDUCT DISORDER; DEPRESSION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LEISURE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIALIZATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; COHORT STUDIES; CONDUCT DISORDER; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIALIZATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 47249140923     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.44.4.1081     Document Type: Article

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