Self-concept and violent delinquency in urban African-American adolescent males

Psychological Reports

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 477-486

  Bynum, Evita G ^a   Weiner, Ronald I ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; SELF CONCEPT; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0036550014     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.2002.90.2.477     Document Type: Article

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