The window, the river, and the novel: Examining adolescents' conceptions of the past, the present, and the future

Adolescence

Volumn 44, Issue 175, 2009, Pages 539-556

  Mello, Zena R ^a   Bhadare, Dilrani ^a   Fearn, Emilene J ^a,b   Galaviz, Michael M ^a   Hartmann, Elizabeth S ^a,b   Worrell, Frank C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CLASSIFICATION; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STUDENT; TIME PERCEPTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ATTITUDE; COGNITION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 73949118772     PISSN: 00018449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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