Indicators of the peer environment in adolescence

Key Indicators of Child and Youth Well-Being: Completing the Picture

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 259-278

  Harris, Kathleen Mullan ^a   Cavanagh, Shannon E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203809693     Document Type: Chapter

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