Friendship and Adjustment: A Focus on Mixed-Grade Friendships

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1318-1329

  Bowker, Julie C ^a,b   Spencer, Sarah V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Friendship; Loneliness; Peers; Victimization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; AGE; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONELINESS; MALE; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHOOL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; AGE FACTORS; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY; CHILD; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONELINESS; MALE; PEER GROUP; SCHOOLS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; STUDENTS;

EID: 79956241242     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-009-9474-0     Document Type: Article

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