A developmental method to analyze the personal meaning adolescents make of risk and relationship: The case of “drinking”

Applied Developmental Science

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 47-65

  Selman, Robert L ^a   Adalbjarnardottir, Sigrun ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

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EID: 0001868141     PISSN: 10888691     EISSN: 1532480X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S1532480XADS0401_4     Document Type: Article

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