Individual and ecological assets and thriving among African American adolescent male gang and community-based organization members: A report from wave 3 of the "overcoming the odds" study

Journal of Early Adolescence

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 72-93

  Taylor, Carl S ^a   Smith, Pamela R ^a   Taylor, Virgil A ^b   Von Eye, Alexander ^a   Lerner, Richard M ^c   Balsano, Aida Bilalbegovic ^c   Anderson, Pamela M ^c   Banik, Rumeli ^c   Almerigi, Jason B ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Urban Ecology Institute   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gangs; Positive youth development; Thriving: Developmental assets: African american male adolescents

Indexed keywords

EID: 12944265348     PISSN: 02724316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272431604271771     Document Type: Review

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