Patterns of Adolescents' Participation in Organized Activities: Are Sports Best When Combined With Other Activities?

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 354-367

  Linver, Miriam R ^a   Roth, Jodie L ^b   Brooks Gunn, Jeanne ^b  

^a MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

after school activities; cluster analysis; positive youth development

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; CHARACTER; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CONTROL; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEISURE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIALIZATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPORT; UNITED STATES;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; APTITUDE; CHARACTER; CHILD; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTIVATION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIALIZATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPORTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 63149124340     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014133     Document Type: Article

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