Delinquency among chinese adolescents: Modeling sources of frustration and gender differences

Deviant Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 409-432

  Liu, Ruth X ^a   Lin, Wei ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FUJIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 34547537476     PISSN: 01639625     EISSN: 15210456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01639620701233316     Document Type: Article

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