Friendship and Romantic Stressors and Depression in Emerging Adulthood: Mediating and Moderating Roles of Attachment Representations

Journal of Adult Development

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 106-115

  Chow, Chong Man ^a   Ruhl, Holly ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment; Depression; Friendship; Mediation; Moderation; Romantic relationship; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901484295     PISSN: 10680667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10804-014-9184-z     Document Type: Article

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