Organized Youth Activities as Contexts for Positive Development

Positive Psychology in Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 540-560

  Larson, Reed ^a   Jarrett, Robin ^a   Hansen, David ^a   Pearce, Nickki ^a   Sullivan, Patrick ^a   Walker, Kathrin ^a   Watkins, Natasha ^a   Wood, Dustin ^a  

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

Author keywords

Developmental change; Organized youth activities; Rural school based program; Urban arts program; Urban civic program

Indexed keywords

EID: 84954219877     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470939338.ch33     Document Type: Chapter

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