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The Importance of Family, Race, and Gender for Multiracial Adolescent Well-being

  1. Sarah Schlabach*

Article first published online: 22 JAN 2013

DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2012.00758.x

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Family Relations

Family Relations

Volume 62, Issue 1, pages 154–174, February 2013

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Schlabach, S. (2013), The Importance of Family, Race, and Gender for Multiracial Adolescent Well-being. Family Relations, 62: 154–174. doi: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2012.00758.x

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  1. University of California, Los Angeles

*Department of Sociology, UCLA, 264 Haines Hall, 375 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1551 (sarahhoefke@gmail.com).

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  1. Issue published online: 22 JAN 2013
  2. Article first published online: 22 JAN 2013

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