A cross-cultural examination of adolescent civic engagement: Comparing Italian and American community-oriented and political involvement

Journal of Prevention and Intervention in the Community

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 22-36

  Jahromi, Parissa ^a   Crocetti, Elisabetta ^b   Buchanan, Christy M ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MACERATA   (Italy)

^c WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescents; civic engagement; cross cultural study; peer values; school climate

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONSUMER; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ITALY; MALE; PEER GROUP; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHOOL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; ITALY; MALE; PEER GROUP; POLITICS; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL VALUES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856134596     PISSN: 10852352     EISSN: 15407330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10852352.2012.633065     Document Type: Article

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