Interpersonal aggression in urban minority youth: Mediators of perceived neighborhood, peer, and parental influences

Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 281-298

  Griffin, Kenneth W ^a   Scheier, Lawrence M ^b   Botvin, Gilbert J ^b   Diaz, Tracy ^b   Miller, Nicole ^b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0033121430     PISSN: 00904392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6629(199905)27:3<281::AID-JCOP3>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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