With a little help from your friends: The importance of high-quality friendships on early adolescent adjustment

Social Development

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 832-852

  Waldrip, Amy M ^a   Malcolm, Kenya T ^b   Jensen Campbell, Lauri A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Adolescents; Friendship; Peer relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 54049157875     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: 14679507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2008.00476.x     Document Type: Article

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