Genes, environments, and interactions as a new challenge for European developmental psychology: The sample case of adolescent loneliness

European Journal of Developmental Psychology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 432-445

  Goossens, Luc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Differential susceptibility hypothesis; Evolutionary theory; Gene environment interactions; Integrative model for loneliness research; Loneliness; Sociocognitive model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863592894     PISSN: 17405629     EISSN: 17405610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17405629.2012.673747     Document Type: Article

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