Loneliness and Peer Relations in Adolescence

Social Development

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 273-293

  Woodhouse, Susan S ^a   Dykas, Matthew J ^b   Cassidy, Jude ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT OSWEGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Loneliness; Peer relations; Social acceptance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859640260     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: 14679507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2011.00611.x     Document Type: Article

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