Measuring Perceived Social Support in Mexican American Youth: Psychometric Properties of the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support

Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 187-194

  Edwards, Lisa M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Assessment; Latino; MSPSS; Social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442585460     PISSN: 07399863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0739986304264374     Document Type: Article

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