African American youths with internalizing difficulties: Relation to social support and activity involvement

Children and Schools

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 135-144

  Margolin, Sylvia ^a,b  

^a GOVERNORS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity involvement; African American youths; Internalized difficulties; Protective factors; Social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750015732     PISSN: 15328759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cs/28.3.135     Document Type: Article

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