Objective outcome evaluation of the project P.A.T.H.S. in Hong Kong: Findings based on individual growth curve models

TheScientificWorldJournal

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages 182-191

  Shek, Daniel T L ^a,b,c  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c KIANG WU NURSING COLLEGE OF MACAU   (Macao)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Objective outcome evaluation; Positive youth development; Project P.A.T.H.S.; Randomized group trial

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; EXPERIMENTATION; HONG KONG; JUVENILE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION; POSITIVE ADOLESCENT TRAINING THROUGH HOLISTIC SOCIAL PROGRAMMES; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL; SOCIOLOGY; STUDENT;

EID: 77749344563     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/tsw.2010.18     Document Type: Article

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