Understanding individual characteristics of adolescents who volunteer

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 432-436

  Cemalcilar, Zeynep ^a  

^a KOÇ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Self selection in volunteerism; Social responsibility; Volunteerism in adolescence

Indexed keywords

EID: 58249101410     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2008.11.009     Document Type: Article

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