Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 39, Issue 6 , Pages 788-799 , December 2006

Review of What Youth Programs Do to Increase the Connectedness of Youth with Adults

  • Jean B. Grossman, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
    • Public/Private Ventures, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Dr. Jean B. Grossman, Princeton University, 279 Wallace Hall, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544.
    • ,
  • Meridel J. Bulle, B.A.

      Affiliations

    • Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey

Received 20 September 2005 ,Accepted 16 August 2006.

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PII: S1054-139X(06)00309-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2006.08.004

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 39, Issue 6 , Pages 788-799 , December 2006

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