Measuring intermediate outcomes of violence prevention programs targeting African-American male youth: An exploratory assessment of the psychometric properties of six psychosocial measures

Health Education Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 117-128

  Paschall, Mallie J ^a   Flewelling, Robert L ^a  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MALE; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VIOLENCE; WEAPON;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGGRESSION; ATTITUDE; CHILD; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0030975316     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/12.1.117     Document Type: Article

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