Assessing the impact of family process on rural African American adolescents' competence and behavior using latent growth curve analysis

Journal of Negro Education

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 430-442

  Toldson, Ivory A ^a   Harrison, Murelle G ^b   Perine, Rahsheda ^b   Carreiro, Paula ^b   Caldwell, Leon D ^c  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Memphis   (United States)

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