Peer relations, friendships, and romantic relationships: Implications for the development and maintenance of depression in adolescents

Adolescent Emotional Development and the Emergence of Depressive Disorders

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 318-336

  La Greca, Annette M ^a   Davila, Joanne ^b   Siegel, Rebecca ^a  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 67649449086     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511551963.017     Document Type: Chapter

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