A Review of Latino Youth Development Research and a Call for an Asset Orientation

Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 107-127

  Rodriguez, Michael C ^a   Morrobel, Diana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Asset orientation; Latino adolescents; Latino youths; Youth development

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442445161     PISSN: 07399863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0739986304264268     Document Type: Review

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