Developmental trajectories of civic engagement across adolescence: Disaggregation of an integrated construct

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1207-1220

  Zaff, Jonathan F ^a   Kawashima Ginsberg, Kei ^b   Lin, Emily S ^b   Lamb, Michael ^c   Balsano, Aida ^d   Lerner, Richard M ^b  

^a America s Promise Alliance   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Civic engagement; HLM; Out of school time (OST); Positive youth development; Religion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RELIGION; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION;

EID: 82155171482     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: 10959254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2011.07.005     Document Type: Article

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