Examining Correlates of Civic Engagement Among Immigrant Adolescents in the United States

Research in Human Development

Volumn 12, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 10-27

  Wray Lake, Laura ^a   Rote, Wendy M ^a   Gupta, Taveeshi ^b   Godfrey, Erin ^b   Sirin, Selcuk ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84926323050     PISSN: 15427609     EISSN: 15427617     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15427609.2015.1010343     Document Type: Article

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