The Role of Empowerment in a School-Based Community Service Program with Inner-City, Minority Youth

Journal of Adolescent Research

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 664-689

  Gullan, Rebecca L ^a   Power, Thomas J ^b   Leff, Stephen S ^b  

^a Gwynedd Mercy University   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescent identity; community service; empowerment; positive development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884555921     PISSN: 07435584     EISSN: 15526895     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0743558413477200     Document Type: Article

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