How do Adolescents Benefit from Family Rituals? Links to Social Connectedness, Depression and Anxiety

Journal of Child and Family Studies

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 3009-3017

  Malaquias, Sara ^a   Crespo, Carla ^a   Francisco, Rita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Anxiety; Depression; Family rituals; Social connectedness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941413558     PISSN: 10621024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10826-014-0104-4     Document Type: Article

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