Flying high or crashing down: Girls' accounts of trying out for cheerleading and dance

Journal of Adolescent Research

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 514-541

  Barnett, Lynn A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent development; Adolescent identity; Extracurricular activities

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746584036     PISSN: 07435584     EISSN: 15526895     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0743558406291687     Document Type: Article

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