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Peer reviewedFigueira-McDonough, Josefina – Youth & Society, 1998
Explores the interpretation of experiences and world views of young people in deprived inner-city neighborhoods. Findings from six focus groups made up of 44 adolescents suggest the combination of mainstream and ghetto-specific norms in the interpretations these young people give to their environment and the ways in which experiences shape their…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attitudes, Disadvantaged Youth, Experience
