The price of rights: High school students' civic values and behaviors

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1265-1284

  Bos, Angela L ^a,c   Williamson, Ian ^b   Sullivan, John L ^a   Gonzales, Marti Hope ^a   Avery, Patricia G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO HIGHLANDS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c 931 College Mall   (United States)

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EID: 34248572115     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2007.00212.x     Document Type: Article

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