Using students' weekly diaries to evaluate positive youth development programs: The case of project P.A.T.H.S. in Hong Kong

Adolescence

Volumn 44, Issue 173, 2009, Pages 69-85

  Shek, Daniel T L ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; CURRICULUM; ECONOMICS; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HONG KONG; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORALITY; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIALIZATION; STUDENT; WRITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ATTITUDE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; FOUNDATIONS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MORAL DEVELOPMENT; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIALIZATION; STUDENTS; WRITING;

EID: 63749118438     PISSN: 00018449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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