“The Only 13-Year-Old on Planet Earth Without a Cell Phone”: Meanings of Cell Phones in Early Adolescents– Everyday Lives

Journal of Adolescent Research

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 155-177

  Blair, Bethany L ^a   Fletcher, Anne C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescent development; autonomy; cellular phones; parent child relations; parental monitoring; peer relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 82455247588     PISSN: 07435584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0743558410371127     Document Type: Article

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