The Small-school Friendship Dynamics of Adolescent Depressive Symptoms

Society and Mental Health

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 99-119

  Cheadle, Jacob E ^a   Goosby, Bridget J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescents; depressive symptoms; gender; networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993708956     PISSN: 21568693     EISSN: 21568731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2156869312445211     Document Type: Article

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