Acculturation and enculturation trajectories among mexican-american adolescent offenders

Journal of Research on Adolescence

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 625-653

  Knight, George P ^a   Vargas Chanes, Delfino ^a   Losoya, Sandra H ^a   Cota Robles, Sonia ^b   Chassin, Laurie ^a   Lee, Joanna M ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 70450240829     PISSN: 10508392     EISSN: 15327795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-7795.2009.00614.x     Document Type: Article

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