Youth Empowerment in Context: Exploring Tensions in School-Based yPAR

American Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 28-45

  Kohfeldt, Danielle ^a   Chhun, Lina ^a   Grace, Sarah ^a   Langhout, Regina Day ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Tensions; Youth empowerment; yPAR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SCHOOL; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL WELFARE; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ATTITUDE; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; FACULTY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROGRAM EVALUATION; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL WELFARE;

EID: 78650977197     PISSN: 00910562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10464-010-9376-z     Document Type: Article

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