Assessing exposure to violence in urban youth

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 215-224

  Selner O'Hagan, Mary Beth ^a   Kindlon, Daniel J ^a,b   Buka, Stephen L ^a,b   Raudenbush, Stephen W ^a,b   Earls, Felton J ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Environmental influences; Exposure to violence; School children; Stress; Trauma; Victimization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CRIME; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RACE DIFFERENCE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHICAGO; CHILD; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0031907288     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002196309700187X     Document Type: Article

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