The Effects of Privileging Moral or Performance Character Development in Urban Adolescents

Journal of Early Adolescence

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 786-820

  Seider, Scott ^a   Novick, Sarah ^a   Gomez, Jessica ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

advisory; character development; ethics; middle school; moral character; performance character

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879827218     PISSN: 02724316     EISSN: 15525449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272431612468318     Document Type: Article

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