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Spear, L.P. (2008). The Psychobiology of Adolescence. In: Kline, K.K. (eds) Authoritative Communities. The Search Institute Series on Developmentally Attentive Community and Society, vol 5. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-72721-9_12

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