How Youth Get Engaged: Grounded-Theory Research on Motivational Development in Organized Youth Programs

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 259-269

  Dawes, Nickki Pearce ^a   Larson, Reed ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Motivation; Organized youth programs; Psychological engagement

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CLINICAL TRIAL; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LEISURE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79551520350     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020729     Document Type: Article

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