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Strategies to Motivate Behavior Change: How Can We Mobilize Adults to Promote Positive Youth Development?

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Rothman, A.J., Haydon, K.C. (2006). Strategies to Motivate Behavior Change: How Can We Mobilize Adults to Promote Positive Youth Development?. In: Gil Clary, E., Rhodes, J.E. (eds) Mobilizing Adults for Positive Youth Development. The Search Institute Series on Developmentally Attentive Community and Society, vol 4. Springer, Boston, MA . https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-29340-X_6

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