Positive youth development: A view of the issues

Journal of Early Adolescence

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 10-16

  Lerner, Richard M ^a   Almerigi, Jason B ^a   Theokas, Christina ^a   Lerner, Jacqueline V ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental assets; Developmental contextualism; Plasticity; Positive youth development; Youth development programs

Indexed keywords

EID: 12944327767     PISSN: 02724316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272431604273211     Document Type: Review

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