Adolescents' domain-specific judgments about different forms of civic involvement: Variations by age and gender

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 529-538

  Metzger, Aaron ^a   Ferris, Kaitlyn ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Civic and citizenship development; Early middle and late adolescents; Gender; Moral and social reasoning; Social cognitive

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; POLITICS; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JUDGMENT; MALE; POLITICS; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877020604     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: 10959254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2013.03.003     Document Type: Article

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