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ERIC Number: EJ377892
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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Age and Sex Differences in Choice of Consultant for Various Types of Problems.
Wintre, Maxine Gallander; And Others
Child Development, v59 n4 p1046-55 Aug 1988
Investigates 8-, 11-, 14- and 17-year-old students' choices of either a familiar adult or peer, or an adult or peer expert to provide counsel. The findings support the conceptualization that adult-child relations are transformed from unilateral dependence in childhood to increasing mutuality in adolescence. (RJC)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Child Relationship, Children, Elementary Secondary Education, Helping Relationship, Interpersonal Communication, Social Development
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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