Adolescent secretive behavior: African american and hmong adolescents' strategies and justifications for managing parents' knowledge about peers

Journal of Research on Adolescence

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 359-388

  Bakken, Jeremy P ^a   Bradford Brown, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 77954007125     PISSN: 10508392     EISSN: 15327795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-7795.2010.00642.x     Document Type: Article

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