'If I don't know them, I'll get killed probably' How children's concerns about safety shape help-seeking behavior

Childhood

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 101-117

  Spilsbury, James C ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Help seeking; Neighborhood; USA; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037767455     PISSN: 09075682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0907568202009001238     Document Type: Article

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