Critical Consciousness Development and Political Participation Among Marginalized Youth

Child Development

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1815-1833

  Diemer, Matthew A ^a   Li, Cheng Hsien ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE; AWARENESS; CONSCIOUSNESS; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; POLITICS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIALIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE; AWARENESS; CONSCIOUSNESS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; POLITICS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIALIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81355133998     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2011.01650.x     Document Type: Article

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