Self-reported delinquent behavior and psychosocial functioning in inner- city teenagers: A brief report

Child Psychiatry and Human Development

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 241-248

  Weist, Mark D ^a   Paskewitz, David A ^a   Jackson, Chianti Y ^b   Jones, Deborah ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Delinquency; Psychosocial; School Attendance; Self Report; Urban Youth

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; DELINQUENCY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOLOGY; STRESS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0031744911     PISSN: 0009398X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022684031414     Document Type: Article

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