Just Another club? The Distinctiveness of the relation between religious service attendance and adolescent psychosocial adjustment

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1153-1171

  Good, Marie ^a   Willoughby, Teena ^a   Fritjers, Jan ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Extracurricular club involvement; Hierarchical linear modeling; Positive youth development; Religious service attendance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LEISURE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; ONTARIO; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 70349999647     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-008-9320-9     Document Type: Article

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