Engagement in School and Community Civic Activities Among Rural Adolescents

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1254-1270

  Ludden, Alison Bryant ^a  

^a Brown University College of the Holy Cross   (United States)

Author keywords

4 H; Civic engagement; Extracurricular activities; Future Farmers of America; Rural adolescents

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CANNABIS SMOKING; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FRIEND; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIFESTYLE; MALE; PEER GROUP; RELIGION; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; FRIENDS; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PEER GROUP; RELIGION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 79960632485     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-010-9536-3     Document Type: Article

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