The relationship between adolescent attitudes towards authority, self-concept, and delinquency

Adolescence

Volumn 36, Issue 142, 2001, Pages 333-346

  Levy, Kenneth St C ^a  

^a Dept of Justice and Attorney Gen ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CONTROL;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; QUEENSLAND; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CONTROL, FORMAL; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL;

EID: 0035377282     PISSN: 00018449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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