Social support and social constraints moderate the relation between community violence exposure and depressive symptoms in an urban adolescent sample

Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 250-269

  Kaynak, Övgü ^a   Lepore, Stephen J ^a   Kliewer, Wendy L ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79953665843     PISSN: 07367236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/jscp.2011.30.3.250     Document Type: Article

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