Parent and Friend Emotion Socialization in Adolescence: Associations with Psychological Adjustment

Adolescent Research Review

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 287-305

  Miller Slough, Rachel L ^a   Dunsmore, Julie C ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Adolescence; Emotion socialization; Friendships; Parent child relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84965040664     PISSN: 23638346     EISSN: 23638354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40894-016-0026-z     Document Type: Review

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