PSOC in community context: Multi-level correlates of a measure of psychological sense of community in low-income, urban neighborhoods

Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 659-679

  Brodsky, Anne E ^a   O'Campo, Patricia J ^b   Aronson, Robert E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0033228788     PISSN: 00904392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1520-6629(199911)27:6<659::aid-jcop3>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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