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The Buffering Role of Community Self-Efficacy in the Links between Family Economic Stress and Young Adults’ Prosocial Behaviors and Civic Engagement

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Pages 527-536 | Received 31 Jan 2022, Accepted 13 Jun 2022, Published online: 08 Jul 2022

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