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My hero, my friend: exploring Honduran youths’ lived experience of the God–individual relationship

Monique B. Mitchell The Center for Child and Family Studies, College of Social Work, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Christopher F. Silver University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN, USA
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Christopher F.J. Ross Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Pages 137-151 | Received 25 May 2012, Accepted 14 Aug 2012, Published online: 21 Sep 2012

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