Going it alone: Comparing subtypes of withdrawal on indices of adjustment and maladjustment in emerging adulthood

Social Development

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 522-538

  Nelson, Larry J ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emerging adulthood; Internalizing externalizing; Shyness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880327790     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: 14679507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2012.00671.x     Document Type: Article

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