How U.S. Children and adolescents spend time: What it does (and doesn't) tell us about their development

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 160-164

  Larson, Reed W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental experiences; Time use

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035537753     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8721.00139     Document Type: Article

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