A cross-ethnic study of adolescents' depressed mood and the erosion of parental and peer warmth during the transition to young adulthood

Journal of Research on Adolescence

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 359-379

  Chung, William Y ^a   Chen, Chuansheng ^a   Greenberger, Ellen ^a   Heckhausen, Jutta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 68949220305     PISSN: 10508392     EISSN: 15327795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-7795.2009.00592.x     Document Type: Article

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