Youth-adult relationships as assets for youth: Promoting positive development in stressful times

Positive Youth Development in Global Contexts of Social and Economic Change

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 157-182

  Hamilton, Stephen F ^a   Hamilton, Mary Agnes ^a   DuBois, David L ^b   Loreto Martinez M ^c   Cumsille, Patricio ^c   Brady, Bernadine ^d   Dolan, Pat ^d   Rodriguez, Susana Núñez ^e   Sellers, Deborah E ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

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EID: 85022012258     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315307275     Document Type: Chapter

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