What Motivates Youth Civic Involvement?

Journal of Adolescent Research

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 439-463

  Ballard, Parissa J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescence; civic engagement; civic involvement; motivation; positive youth development; qualitative research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908693056     PISSN: 07435584     EISSN: 15526895     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0743558413520224     Document Type: Article

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