Can Organized Youth Activities Protect Against Internalizing Problems Among Adolescents Living in Violent Homes?

Journal of Research on Adolescence

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 662-677

  Gardner, Margo ^a   Browning, Christopher ^b   Brooks Gunn, Jeanne ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

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EID: 84869183094     PISSN: 10508392     EISSN: 15327795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-7795.2012.00811.x     Document Type: Article

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