Patterns and Correlates of Gun Ownership among Nonmetropolitan and Rural Middle School Students

Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 432-442

  Cunningham, Phillippe B ^a   Henggeler, Scott W ^b   Limber, Susan P ^b   Melton, Gary B ^b   Nation, Maury A ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; FIREARM; HUMAN; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOPATHY; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CHILD; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HUMANS; MALE; OWNERSHIP; PEER GROUP; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0034264474     PISSN: 15374416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15374424JCCP2903_14     Document Type: Article

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