Avoidance of responsibility in conduct disordered adolescents

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 327-340

  Powell, Kevin M ^a   Rosén, Lee A ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

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EID: 0345917605     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(98)00246-3     Document Type: Article

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