Does the Importance of Parent and Peer Relationships for Adolescents' Life Satisfaction Vary Across Cultures?

Journal of Early Adolescence

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 55-80

  Schwarz, Beate ^a   Mayer, Boris ^b   Trommsdorff, Gisela ^b   Ben Arieh, Asher ^c   Friedlmeier, Mihaela ^d   Lubiewska, Katarzyna ^e   Mishra, Ramesh ^f   Peltzer, Karl ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^d GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e KAZIMIERZ WIELKI UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^f BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

Author keywords

cross cultural; family values; life satisfaction; Parent adolescent relationships; peer relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857612890     PISSN: 02724316     EISSN: 15525449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272431611419508     Document Type: Article

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