Activity Involvement as an Ecological Asset: Profiles of Participation and Youth Outcomes

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 919-932

  Agans, Jennifer P ^a   Champine, Robey B ^a   DeSouza, Lisette M ^a   Mueller, Megan Kiely ^b   Johnson, Sara Kassie ^a   Lerner, Richard M ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity participation; Out of school time activities; Positive youth development; Trajectories

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEISURE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PSYCHOLOGY, ADOLESCENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84900036900     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-014-0091-1     Document Type: Article

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