A model for a positive youth development intervention

Journal of Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-13

  Brink, Andrea J W ^a   Wissing, Marié P ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; ECOSYSTEM; INTERVENTION STUDY; JUVENILE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PHENOMENOLOGY; POSITIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; REVIEW; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 84864189567     PISSN: 17280583     EISSN: 17280591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/17280583.2012.673491     Document Type: Review

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