Sense of community, identity statuses, and loneliness in adolescence: A cross-national study on italian and belgian youth

Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 414-432

  Cicognani, Elvira ^a   Klimstra, Theo ^b   Goossens, Luc ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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EID: 84897942498     PISSN: 00904392     EISSN: 15206629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcop.21618     Document Type: Article

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