Active and engaged citizenship: Multi-group and longitudinal factorial analysis of an integrated construct of civic engagement

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 736-750

  Zaff, Jonathan ^a   Boyd, Michelle ^b   Li, Yibing ^b   Lerner, Jacqueline V ^c   Lerner, Richard M ^b  

^a America's Promise Alliance   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Civic engagement; Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA); Longitudinal research; Measurement invariance; Multi group CFA

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADOLESCENT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953542649     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-010-9541-6     Document Type: Article

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