A developmental-contextual perspective on youth covictimization by community violence

Adolescence

Volumn 34, Issue 136, 1999, Pages 698-714

  Kuther, Tara L ^a  

^a WESTERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; VICTIM; VIOLENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0033289545     PISSN: 00018449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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