Best friends and better coping: Facilitating psychological resilience through boys' and girls' closest friendships

British Journal of Psychology

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 338-358

  Graber, Rebecca ^a   Turner, Rhiannon ^b   Madill, Anna ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Coping; Friendship; Peer relationships; Protective mechanism; Resilience; Social support; Socio economic status

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL RESILIENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PEER GROUP; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EFFICACY; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84933060349     PISSN: 00071269     EISSN: 20448295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjop.12135     Document Type: Article

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