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Social-ecological assessment of environments: Toward a two-factor model

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  1. William Alanson White Institute of Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis and Psychology, 20 West 74 Street, 10023, New York, New York

    Martin Kohn

  2. New York Institute of Technology, Old Westbury, New York

    Abraham M. Jeger

  3. Veterans Administration Hospital, Northport, New York

    Martin B. Koretzky

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The authors are indebted to the staff of Hawthorne-Cedar Knolls for their willingness to assist in this study and for giving generously of their time. We are especially grateful to Mr. Herbert Cohen, Principal of the Union Free School District #3; to the unit supervisors for freeing the necessary staff time; Dr. Sylvia Halitsky, School Psychologist; and Mr. Stanley Weinberg, Director of Clinical Services. We also wish to express our appreciation to Mrs. Rochelle Jeger who assisted in the data analysis and to Mrs. Vera Kohn for her thoughtful and conscientious work in editing the manuscript.

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Kohn, M., Jeger, A.M. & Koretzky, M.B. Social-ecological assessment of environments: Toward a two-factor model. Am J Commun Psychol 7, 481–495 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00894045

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