The adolescents, life context, and school project: Youth voice and civic participation

Journal of Prevention and Intervention in the Community

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 41-54

  Dallago, Lorenza ^a   Cristini, Francesca ^b   Perkins, Douglas D ^c   Nation, Maury ^c   Santinello, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALLE D AOSTA   (Italy)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community engagement; Early adolescence; Empowerment; Mixed methods

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONSUMER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS;

EID: 77949497877     PISSN: 10852352     EISSN: 15407330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10852350903393434     Document Type: Article

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