Connecting the dots: How connectedness to multiple contexts influences the psychological and academic adjustment of urban youth

Applied Developmental Science

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 199-216

  Witherspoon, Dawn ^a   Schotland, Marieka ^b   Way, Niobe ^b   Hughes, Diane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 70449124303     PISSN: 10888691     EISSN: 1532480X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10888690903288755     Document Type: Article

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