Urban elementary school students' perceptions of fighting behavior and concerns for personal safety

Journal of School Health

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 184-191

  Price, James H ^a   Telljohann, Susan K ^a   Dake, Joseph A ^b   Marsico, Laura ^a   Zyla, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PEER GROUP; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; PEER GROUP; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFETY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STUDENTS; URBAN HEALTH; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0036559931     PISSN: 00224391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2002.tb06544.x     Document Type: Article

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