Adolescent civic and political engagement: Associations between domain-specific judgments and behavior

Child Development

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 433-441

  Metzger, Aaron ^a,b   Smetana, Judith G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b Institute for Health Research and Policy   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORALITY; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MORALS; POLITICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL VALUES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65349102442     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2009.01270.x     Document Type: Article

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