Extracurricular activities in school, do they matter?

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 418-426

  Shulruf, Boaz ^a   Tumen, Sarah ^a   Tolley, Hilary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Extracurricular activities; Schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 40649124787     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2007.10.012     Document Type: Article

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