Impact of environment on adolescent mental health and behavior: Structural equation modeling

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 73-86

  Stiffman, Arlene Rubin ^a,b   Hadley Ives, Eric ^a   Elze, Diane ^a   Johnson, Sharon ^a   Doré, Peter ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MISSOURI; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; URBAN HEALTH; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0032902688     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0080383     Document Type: Article

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