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personal and social skills could use … Monitoring the Future national survey results on drug use, …

… and characteristics of social support networks in adolescence. Bar… socioemotional
competencies (aggression in peer relations … that the role of gender in relation to emotional …

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examine in detail gender and … resources and skills that are made available to young people …

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