Children speak about neighborhoods: Using mixed methods to measure the construct neighborhood

Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 333-351

  Nicotera, Nicole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

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EID: 42149177697     PISSN: 00904392     EISSN: 15206629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcop.20197     Document Type: Article

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