Fighting among America's Youth: A Risk and Protective Factors Approach

Journal of Health and Social Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 131-148

  Fitzpatrick, Kevin M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0031158066     PISSN: 00221465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2955421     Document Type: Article

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