The relationship between adolescents' civic knowledge, civic attitude, and civic behavior and their self-reported future likelihood of voting

Education, Citizenship and Social Justice

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 43-57

  Cohen, Alison K ^a   Chaffee, Benjamin W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; civic education; civic engagement; civic skills; participation; self efficacy; voting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875099456     PISSN: 17461979     EISSN: 17461987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1746197912456339     Document Type: Article

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