Social trust and value change: The decline of social capital in American youth, 1976-1995

Political Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 545-565

  Rahn, Wendy M ^a   Transue, John E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Materialism; Social capital; Social trust; Values; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032148415     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0162-895x.00117     Document Type: Article

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