Romantic relationship commitment and its linkages with commitment to parents and friends during adolescence

Social Development

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 425-442

  De Goede, Irene H A ^a   Branje, Susan ^b   van Duin, Jet ^b   Vandervalk, Inge E ^b   Meeus, Wim ^b  

^a The Netherlands Institute for Social Research   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Friendships; Growth curves; Parent adolescent relationships; Romantic relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864001742     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: 14679507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2011.00633.x     Document Type: Article

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