Preventing Teen Pregnancy and Academic Failure: Experimental Evaluation of a Developmentally Based Approach

Child Development

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 729-742

  Allen, Joseph P ^a   Philliber, Susan ^b   Herrling, Scott ^b   Kuperminc, Gabriel P ^d   Edwards, Sharon Lovick ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

^c The Cornerstone Consulting Group   (United States)

^d NONE

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EID: 0031507533     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.1997.tb04233.x     Document Type: Article

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