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6 - Adolescence: Biology, Epidemiology, and Process Considerations

from Part II - Historical and Biological Influences

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 October 2015

Gabriele Oettingen
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New York University
Peter M. Gollwitzer
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New York University
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Michael Rutter, M.R.C., Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London.

Correspondence concerning this chapter should be addressed to Professor Sir Michael Rutter, PO 80, M.R.C. SGDP Research Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, De Crespigny Park, London, SE5 8AF, United Kingdom. E-mail: michael.rutter@kcl.ac.uk

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