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The data presented are part of longitudinal research by Suniya S. Luthar at Columbia University's Teachers College, funded by the National Institutes of Health (RO1-DA10726, RO1-DAl1498, and RO1-DA14385) and the William T. Grant Foundation. Portions of this study were presented in a poster at the ninth biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence in 2002. Preparation of this manuscript fulfilled department requirements at Fordham University. The author gratefully acknowledges the assistance of Suniya Luthar and Bronwyn Becker for their insightful comments on earlier drafts of this paper.

Kimber L. Bogard, Department of Psychology, Teachers College, Columbia University.

Kimber L. Bogard is now at Department of Psychology, Fordham University.

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