Gender, family structure, and adolescents' primary confidants

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1213-1227

  Nomaguchi, Kei M ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Attachment; Development outcomes; Family structure; Gender; NLSY; Parent adolescent relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 56749151575     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2008.00561.x     Document Type: Article

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