Creation of short and very short measures of the five Cs of positive youth development

Journal of Research on Adolescence

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 163-176

  Geldhof, G J ^a   Bowers, Edmond P ^a   Boyd, Michelle J ^a   Mueller, Megan K ^a   Napolitano, Christopher M ^a   Schmid, Kristina L ^a   Lerner, Jacqueline V ^b   Lerner, Richard M ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 84894269367     PISSN: 10508392     EISSN: 15327795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jora.12039     Document Type: Article

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