Perceptions of danger: A psychological mediator of neighborhood demographic characteristics

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 468-478

  Shumow, Lee ^a   Vandell, Deborah Lowe ^b   Posner, Jill ^b  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRIME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MENTAL STRESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; URBAN POPULATION;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; POVERTY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; URBAN HEALTH; VIOLENCE; WISCONSIN;

EID: 0031879222     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0080356     Document Type: Article

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