The intervening role of relational aggression between psychological control and friendship quality

Social Development

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 661-681

  Soenens, Bart ^a   Vansteenkiste, Maarten ^a   Goossens, Luc ^b   Duriez, Bart ^b   Niemiec, Christopher P ^c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Friendship; Loneliness; Parenting; Psychological control; Relational aggression

Indexed keywords

EID: 47649105463     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: 14679507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2007.00454.x     Document Type: Article

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