Homesickness at summer camp: Associations with the mother-child relationship, social self-concept, and peer relationships in middle childhood

Merrill-Palmer Quarterly

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 473-498

  Kerns, Kathryn A ^a,b   Brumariu, Laura E ^b   Abraham, Michelle M ^a,b  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Psychology ^*

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