An evaluation of college and low-income youth writing together: Self-discovery and cultural connection

Comprehensive Child and Adolescent Nursing

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 255-269

  Chandler, Genevieve E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EMPATHY; EVALUATION; GROUP PROCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; WRITING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ATTITUDE; COMMUNICATION; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EMPATHY; GROUP PROCESSES; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; POVERTY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; WRITING;

EID: 0036825258     PISSN: 01460862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01460860290042620     Document Type: Article

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