Community Context of Social Resources and Adolescent Mental Health

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 850-866

  Wickrama, K A S ^a,b   Bryant, Chalandra M ^c  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Instit Social and Behavioral Research   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent mental health; Community context; Social resources

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345358632     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2003.00850.x     Document Type: Article

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