Social Support and Adolescent Mothers: Action Research Contributions to Theory and Application

Journal of Social Issues

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1985, Pages 29-45

  Unger, Donald G ^a   Wandersman, Lois Pall ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 84993906424     PISSN: 00224537     EISSN: 15404560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-4560.1985.tb01115.x     Document Type: Article

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