How adolescents come to see themselves as more responsible through participation in youth programs

Child Development

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 295-309

  Wood, Dustin ^a   Larson, Reed W ^b   Brown, Jane R ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHARACTER; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROL; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEISURE; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERCEPTION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VOLUNTARY WORKER;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; CHARACTER; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; VOLUNTARY WORKERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59949087843     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2008.01260.x     Document Type: Article

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