Pathways from family economic conditions to adolescents' distress: Supportive parenting, stressors outside the family, and deviant peers

Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 135-152

  Barrera Jr , Manuel ^a   Prelow, Hazel M ^a   Dumka, Larry E ^a   Gonzales, Nancy A ^a   Knight, George P ^a   Michaels, Marcia L ^a   Roosa, Mark W ^a   Tein, JennYun ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 23044531836     PISSN: 00904392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcop.10000     Document Type: Article

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