Children's Representations of Family Relationships, Peer Information Processing, and School Adjustment

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1740-1751

  Bascoe, Sonnette M ^a   Davies, Patrick T ^a   Sturge Apple, Melissa L ^a   Cummings, E Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

children's representations; family; peer information processing; school adjustment

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; EMOTION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PEER GROUP; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VIDEORECORDING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; EMOTIONS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PEER GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 72149091483     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016688     Document Type: Article

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