Exploring Outcomes through Narrative: The Long-term Impacts of Better Beginnings, Better Futures on the Turning Point Stories of Youth at Ages 18-19.
This study examined the long-term effects of the Better Beginnings, Better Futures project, a community-based early childhood development program, on 18-19 year-old youths' narratives about turning points in their lives. The sample consisted of youth who participated in Better Beginnings from ages 4...
| Publicado en: | American Journal of Community Psychology Vol. 49; no. 1/2; pp. 294 - 307 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
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