Self-esteem and risk behaviors of dominican adolescents

Comprehensive Child and Adolescent Nursing

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 131-144

  Babington, Lynn M ^a   Kelley, Barbara R ^a   Patsdaughter, Carol A ^b  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 80052129652     PISSN: 01460862     EISSN: 1521043X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01460860903062774     Document Type: Article

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