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Personal and environmental antecedents of perceived social support developed at college

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The author thanks Patricia Cassady, Blair Daughtridge, Dorsey Edmundson, and Dale Sowers for assistance in coding data, and four annonymous reviewers for helpful comments on earlier drafts.

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Lakey, B. Personal and environmental antecedents of perceived social support developed at college. Am J Commun Psychol 17, 503–519 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00931175

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