Is growing up affluent risky for adolescents or is the problem growing up in an affluent neighborhood?

Journal of Research on Adolescence

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 274-282

  Lund, Terese J ^a   Dearing, Eric ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 84878125839     PISSN: 10508392     EISSN: 15327795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-7795.2012.00829.x     Document Type: Article

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