Predicting the fear of assault at school and while going to and from school in an adolescent population

Violence and Victims

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 69-86

  Alvarez, Alex ^a   Bachman, Ronet ^b  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; CRIME; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; RISK FACTOR; VICTIM; WELLBEING;

EID: 0030667819     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/0886-6708.12.1.69     Document Type: Article

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