Friendless Adolescents: Do Perceptions of Social Threat Account for Their Internalizing Difficulties and Continued Friendlessness?

Journal of Research on Adolescence

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 277-283

  Lessard, Leah M ^a   Juvonen, Jaana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 85045212369     PISSN: 10508392     EISSN: 15327795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jora.12388     Document Type: Article

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