Leaving-home patterns in emerging adults: The impact of earlier parental support and developmental task progression1

European Psychologist

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 238-248

  Seiffge Krenke, Inge ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Developmental tasks; Leaving home; Parental support

Indexed keywords

EID: 68349146272     PISSN: 10169040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1016-9040.14.3.238     Document Type: Article

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