Psychological adjustment of urban, inner-city ethnic minority adolescents

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 31, Issue 6 SUPPL., 2002, Pages 280-287

  Taylor, Ronald D ^a   Seaton, Eleanor ^a   Rodriguez, Antoinette U ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic resources; Ethnic minority adolescents; Parenting; Psychological adjustment; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIME; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FOOD; FUTUROLOGY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HOUSING; HUMAN; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNEMPLOYMENT; URBAN POPULATION; WELLBEING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0036894409     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1054-139X(02)00501-3     Document Type: Article

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