Social change, life strain, and delinquency among chinese urban adolescents

Sociological Focus

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 285-305

  Bao, Wan Ning ^a   Haas, Ain ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77950759187     PISSN: 00380237     EISSN: 21621128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00380237.2009.10571358     Document Type: Article

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