Caught Between Culture, Society, and Globalization: Youth Marginalization in Post-industrial Japan

Social and Personality Psychology Compass

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 361-378

  Norasakkunkit, Vinai ^a   Uchida, Yukiko ^b   Toivonen, Tuukka ^c  

^a MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84860484564     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17519004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-9004.2012.00436.x     Document Type: Review

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