Attachment relationships and Internalizing and Externalizing problems among Italian adolescents

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1465-1471

  Tambelli, Renata ^a   Laghi, Fiorenzo ^a   Odorisio, Flaminia ^a   Notari, Valentina ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine and Psychology   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Externalizing problems; Internalizing problems; Parent attachment; Peer attachment; Psychological adjustment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861914369     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2012.04.004     Document Type: Article

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