How adolescents develop responsibility: What can be learned from youth programs

Journal of Research on Adolescence

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 417-430

  Salusky, Ida ^a   Larson, Reed W ^a   Griffith, Aisha ^a   Wu, Joanna ^a   Raffaelli, Marcela ^a   Sugimura, Niwako ^a   Guzman, Maria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 84906066801     PISSN: 10508392     EISSN: 15327795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jora.12118     Document Type: Article

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