Youth activity involvement and positive youth development

Advances in Child Development and Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue , 2011, Pages 231-249

  Mueller, Megan Kiely ^a   Lewin Bizan, Selva ^a   Urban, Jennifer Brown ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Positive youth development; Youth activity participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052721952     PISSN: 00652407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-386492-5.00009-9     Document Type: Chapter

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