A questionnaire to measure factors that protect youth against stressors of inner-city life

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1042-1044

  Weist, Mark D ^a   Albus, Kathleen A ^b   Bickham, Nicole ^c   Tashman, Nancy A ^a   Perez Febles, Alina ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d University of Maryland ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CITY; CRIME; FEMALE; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HUMAN; JUVENILE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NORMAL HUMAN; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; RELIGION; SCHOOL; SELF REPORT; STRESS; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0033854134     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.51.8.1042     Document Type: Article

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