Extracurricular involvement and adolescent adjustment: Impact of duration, number of activities, and breadth of participation

Applied Developmental Science

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 132-146

  Fredricks, Jennifer A ^a   Eccles, Jacquelynne S ^b  

^a The Holleran Center for Community Action and Public Policy   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 33746354705     PISSN: 10888691     EISSN: 1532480X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s1532480xads1003_3     Document Type: Article

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