Associations of parental and peer rejection with preadolescents' loneliness: Emotional sensitivities as mediators

Journal of Relationships Research

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Ferguson, Samantha ^a   Zimmer Gembeck, Melanie J ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

anxiety; intimacy avoidance; loneliness; parent rejection; peer victimisation; rejection sensitivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958630323     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18380956     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jrr.2014.9     Document Type: Article

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