Inner-city children's exposure to community violence: How much do parents know?

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 927-940

  Ceballo, Rosario ^a   Dahl, Trayci A ^a   Aretakis, Maria T ^a   Ramirez, Cynthia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Community violence; Parenting; Psychological well being; Vicarious victimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035511455     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2001.00927.x     Document Type: Article

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