Toward a psychology of positive youth development

American Psychologist

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 170-183

  Larson, Reed W ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; EGO DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MOTIVATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ADULT; ATTENTION; CHILD; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 85043956798     PISSN: 0003066X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0003-066X.55.1.170     Document Type: Article

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