Number of Siblings and Friendship Nominations Among Adolescents

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1175-1193

  Bobbitt Zeher, Donna ^a   Downey, Douglas B ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescents; friendship; siblings; social skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880782974     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X12470370     Document Type: Article

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