After-school youth development programs: A developmental-ecological model of current research

Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 177-190

  Riggs, Nathaniel R ^a   Greenberg, Mark T ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

After school programs; Contextual factors; Developmental trajectories; Schools; Youth

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENVIRONMENT; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TIME; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 13944262910     PISSN: 10964037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:CCFP.0000045126.83678.75     Document Type: Review

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