Information management strategies in early adolescence: Developmental change in use and transactional associations with psychological adjustment

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 928-937

  Laird, Robert D ^a   Marrero, Matthew D ^a   Melching, Jessica A ^a   Kuhn, Emily S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

Disclosure; Early adolescence; Information management; Secrecy

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF DISCLOSURE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; ASSOCIATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF DISCLOSURE;

EID: 84877136419     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0028845     Document Type: Article

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