Institutions of Youth Development: The Significance of Supportive Staff-Youth Relationships

Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment

Volumn 9, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 83-99

  Anderson Butcher, Dawn ^a   Cash, Scottye J ^a   Saltzburg, Susan ^a   Midle, Theresa ^a   Pace, Debra ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33947632726     PISSN: 10911359     EISSN: 15403556     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J137v09n01_07     Document Type: Article

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