Mentors, friends, and gurus: Peer and nonparent influences on spiritual development

The Handbook of Spiritual Development in Childhood and Adolescence

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 297-309

  Schwartz, Kelly Dean ^a   Bukowski, William M ^b,c   Aoki, Wayne T ^d  

^a Ambrose Seminary of Ambrose University College   (Canada)

^b Department of Psychology   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d Headington Program   (United States)

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EID: 84949815620     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4135/9781412976657.n22     Document Type: Chapter

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