A developmental perspective on community service in adolescence

Social Development

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 85-111

  Yates, Miranda ^a   Youniss, James ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adolescence; Community service; Identity development; Moral action

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030458448     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.1996.tb00073.x     Document Type: Review

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