The Psychology and Practice of Youth-Adult Partnership: Bridging Generations for Youth Development and Community Change

American Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 51, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 385-397

  Zeldin, Shepherd ^a   Christens, Brian D ^a   Powers, Jane L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Civic engagement; Organizing; Positive youth development; Youth participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876818686     PISSN: 00910562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10464-012-9558-y     Document Type: Article

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