Participation in extracurricular activities in the middle school years: Are there developmental benefits for African American and European American Youth?

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1029-1043

  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)

Author keywords

Extracurricular participation; Middle school; Positive youth development; Sports

Indexed keywords

EID: 49349114074     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-008-9309-4     Document Type: Article

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