Measurement equivalence of neighborhood quality measures for European American and Mexican American families

Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-20

  Kim, Su Yeong ^a   Nair, Rajni ^b   Knight, George P ^b   Roosa, Mark W ^b   Updegraff, Kimberly A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 61349104274     PISSN: 00904392     EISSN: 15206629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcop.20257     Document Type: Article

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