One good thing leads to another: Cascades of positive youth development among American adolescents

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 759-770

  Lewin Bizan, Selva ^a   Bowers, Edmond P ^a   Lerner, Richard M ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL CONTROL; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78049339507     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579410000441     Document Type: Article

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