Commentary on Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Positive Youth Development With Implications for Intervention Research

Child Development

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 1178-1182

  Koller, Silvia H ^a,b,c   Verma, Suman ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; JUVENILE; PHYSICIAN; SCIENTIST; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CULTURAL FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; HUMANS;

EID: 85020718458     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12873     Document Type: Article

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