Fostering Marginalized Youths' Political Participation: Longitudinal Roles of Parental Political Socialization and Youth Sociopolitical Development

American Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 246-256

  Diemer, Matthew A ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical consciousness; Marginalized youth; Parental political socialization; Political participation; Sociopolitical development; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864568638     PISSN: 00910562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10464-012-9495-9     Document Type: Article

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