Future Expectations Among Adolescents: A Latent Class Analysis
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Future expectations among adolescents: a latent class analysis.
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Community Psychology
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0091-0562
DOI: 10.1007/s10464-011-9487-1