Personality types and development of adolescents' conflict with friends

European Journal of Personality

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 156-167

  Yu, Rongqin ^a   Branje, Susan J T ^a   Keijsers, Loes ^a   Meeus, Wim H J ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Best friends; Conflict frequency; Conflict resolution; Development; Personality types

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898051149     PISSN: 08902070     EISSN: 10990984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/per.1913     Document Type: Article

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