Intentional self regulation in middle adolescence: The emerging role of loss-based selection in positive youth development

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 764-782

  Gestsdottir, Steinunn ^a   Bowers, Edmond ^b   von Eye, Alexander ^c   Napolitano, Christopher M ^b   Lerner, Richard M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compensation; Intentional self regulation; Loss based selection; Optimization; Positive Youth Development; Selection; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CONTROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; HUMANS; INTENTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL;

EID: 77953543241     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-010-9537-2     Document Type: Article

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