The role of youth's ratings of the importance of socially supportive behaviors in the relationship between social support and self-concept

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 13-28

  Demaray, Michelle Kilpatrick ^a   Malecki, Christine Kerres ^a   Rueger, Sandra Yu ^a   Brown, Sarah E ^a   Summers, Kelly Hodgson ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discounting theory; Self concept; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES; PSYCHOLOGY, ADOLESCENT; PSYCHOLOGY, CHILD;

EID: 58549094778     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-007-9258-3     Document Type: Article

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