Engagement in After-School Programs as a Predictor of Social Competence and Academic Performance

American Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 325-337

  Shernoff, David J ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic performance; Adolescence; After school programs; Engagement; Experience Sampling Method (ESM); Flow; Mediation; Middle school; Outcomes; Social competence; Subjective experience

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SCHOOL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 77953811805     PISSN: 00910562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10464-010-9314-0     Document Type: Article

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