Family Affluence, School and Neighborhood Contexts and Adolescents' Civic Engagement: A Cross-National Study

American Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 197-210

  Lenzi, Michela ^a   Vieno, Alessio ^a   Perkins, Douglas D ^b   Santinello, Massimo ^a   Elgar, Frank J ^c   Morgan, Antony ^d   Mazzardis, Sonia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Civic engagement; Family affluence; Neighborhood; Participation; School

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864564336     PISSN: 00910562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10464-012-9489-7     Document Type: Article

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