Social capital in promoting the psychosocial adjustment of chinese migrant children: Interaction across contexts

Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 421-442

  Wu, Qiaobing ^a   Palinkas, Lawrence A ^b   He, Xuesong ^c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

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EID: 79953302598     PISSN: 00904392     EISSN: 15206629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcop.20443     Document Type: Article

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