The challenge of adolescent crowd research: Defining the crowd

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 747-764

  Cross, Jennifer Riedl ^a   Fletcher, Kathryn L ^a  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent crowds; Crowd terminology; Research methodology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; PEER GROUP; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; PEER GROUP; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 67349099124     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-008-9307-6     Document Type: Article

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