Civic engagement scale: A validation study

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Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1-7

  Doolittle, Amy ^a   Faul, Anna C ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT CHATTANOOGA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Civic engagement; Reliability; Scales; Service learning; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883145911     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21582440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2158244013495542     Document Type: Article

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