Longitudinal associations between keeping a secret and psychosocial adjustment in adolescence

International Journal of Behavioral Development

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 145-154

  Frijns, Tom ^a,c   Finkenauer, Catrin ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Child adjustment; Secrecy; Secrets

Indexed keywords

EID: 62149131370     PISSN: 01650254     EISSN: 14640651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0165025408098020     Document Type: Article

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