Organized activity involvement, depressive symptoms, and social adjustment in adolescents: Ethnicity and socioeconomic status as moderators

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1187-1198

  Randall, Edin T ^a   Bohnert, Amy M ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Ethnicity; Organized activities; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEISURE; LONELINESS; MALE; PARENT; PEER GROUP; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; STUDENT; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CRIME VICTIMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LONELINESS; MALE; PARENTS; PEER GROUP; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS;

EID: 70349983529     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-009-9417-9     Document Type: Article

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