New Zealand youth benefit from being connected to their family, school, peer group and community

Youth Studies Australia

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 30-37

  Jose, Paul E ^a   Pryor, Jan ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

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