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Anxiety, Stress, & Coping
An International Journal
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Measuring Coping in Low-Income European American, African American, and Mexican American Adolescents: An Examination of Measurement Equivalence

Hazel Prelow University at Albany-SUNY
,
Marcia Michaels University of Kentucky
,
Leticia Reyes Program for Prevention Research, Arizona State University
,
George Knight Program for Prevention Research, Arizona State University
&
Manuel Barrera Jr. Program for Prevention Research, Arizona State University
Pages 135-147 | Published online: 09 Sep 2010

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