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Acculturation and delinquent behavior among Cuban American adolescents: Toward an empirical model

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  1. SAHS School of Public Health, University of California, 94720, Berkeley, California, USA

    William A. Vega (Professor of Behavioral Science)

  2. University of Miami, Miami, USA

    Andres G. Gil, George J. Warheit, Rick S. Zimmerman & Eleni Apospori

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This research was supported by a grant from the National Institute of Drug Abuse, R01 DA 05912; William A. Vega, Principal Investigator.

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Vega, W.A., Gil, A.G., Warheit, G.J. et al. Acculturation and delinquent behavior among Cuban American adolescents: Toward an empirical model. Am J Commun Psychol 21, 113–125 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00938210

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