Structural and experiential neighborhood contexts, developmental stage, and antisocial behavior among urban adolescents in poverty

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 259-281

  Seidman, Edward ^a   Yoshikawa, Hirokazu ^b   Roberts, Ann ^b   Chesir Teran, Daniel ^b   Allen, Larue ^b   Friedman, Jennifer L ^b   Aber, J Lawrence ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPATHY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIALIZATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; BALTIMORE; CHILD; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; POVERTY; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEPRIVATION; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIALIZATION; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0032013783     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579498001606     Document Type: Article

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