Australian adolescents' extracurricular activity participation and positive development: Is the relationship mediated by peer attributes?

Australian Journal of Educational and Developmental Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages 114-128

  Blomfield, Corey ^a   Barber, Bonnie ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Extracurricular participation; Peers

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957153493     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14465442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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