Review of What Youth Programs Do to Increase the Connectedness of Youth with Adults

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 788-799

  Grossman, Jean B ^a,b   Bulle, Meridel J ^c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Public/Private Ventures   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD PARENT RELATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; JUVENILE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKILL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STUDENT; TEACHER; TEACHING; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; MENTORS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; POLICY MAKING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; REINFORCEMENT, SOCIAL; SOCIAL CONTROL, FORMAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPORTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33751012746     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2006.08.004     Document Type: Review

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