Exploring The Role Of Sense Of Community In The Undergraduate Transfer Student Experience

Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 277-290

  Townley, Greg ^a   Katz, Jason ^a   Wandersman, Abraham ^a   Skiles, Brittany ^a   Schillaci, Michael J ^a   Timmerman, Briana E ^a   Mousseau, Timothy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 84874267183     PISSN: 00904392     EISSN: 15206629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcop.21529     Document Type: Article

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