Parent and peer predictors of adolescents' sexual development: Can parents buffer peer influence?

European Journal of Developmental Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 599-612

  Beyers, Wim ^a   Veryser, Evlin ^a   Verlee, Elke ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Interactions; Parents; Peers; Sexual development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947023286     PISSN: 17405629     EISSN: 17405610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17405629.2015.1056775     Document Type: Article

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