Predictors and Pathways to Civic Involvement in Emerging Adulthood: Neighborhood, Family, and School Influences

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1168-1183

  Mahatmya, Duhita ^a   Lohman, Brenda J ^b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent development; Civic engagement; Emerging adulthood; Social capital

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHOOL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTARY WORKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

EID: 84865436564     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-012-9777-4     Document Type: Article

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