Urban African american adolescents' perceptions of community violence

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 56-67

  Howard, Donna E ^a   Kaljee, Linda ^b   Jackson, Lawanda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERCEPTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BALTIMORE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0036371947     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.26.1.6     Document Type: Article

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