The role of exposure to community violence and developmental problems among inner-city youth

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 101-116

  Gorman Smith, Deborah ^a,b   Tolan, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Institute for Juvenile Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DEPRESSION; FOLLOW UP; HISPANIC; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LIFE EVENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PARENTING; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEPRIVATION; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0032324931     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579498001539     Document Type: Article

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