Special Issue Introduction: Thriving Across the Adolescent Years: A View of the Issues

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 859-868

  Bowers, Edmond P ^a   John Geldhof, G ^b   Johnson, Sara K ^a   Lerner, Jacqueline V ^c   Lerner, Richard M ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

4 H; Longitudinal research; Positive youth development; Relational developmental systems theories; Thriving

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY, ADOLESCENT; RESEARCH DESIGN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84900036151     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-014-0117-8     Document Type: Editorial

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