Friends' influence on school adjustment: A review of three perspectives

Trends in Educational Psychology

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 137-153

  Altermatt, Ellen Rydell ^a   Kenney Benson, Gwen ^b  

^a HANOVER COLLEGE   (United States)

^b ALLEGHENY COLLEGE   (United States)

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