The Relation between Developmental Theory and Measures of Civic Engagement in Research on Adolescents

Handbook of Research on Civic Engagement in Youth

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 193-219

  Wilkenfeld, Britt ^a   Lauckhardt, James ^b   Torney Purta, Judith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bandura; Bronfenbrenner; Civic development; Civic engagement theory; Developmental theory; Erikson; Measurement; Moral development; Selman; Sociopolitical development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885508779     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470767603.ch8     Document Type: Chapter

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