Normalization of violence among inner-city youth: A formulation for research

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 92-101

  Ng Mak, Daisy S ^a,c   Salzinger, Suzanne ^b,c   Feldman, Richard ^b,c   Stueve, Ann ^a,c  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COGNITION; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HABITUATION; HUMAN; JUVENILE; MALE; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIALIZATION; THEORETICAL MODEL; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0038034800     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0002-9432.72.1.92     Document Type: Article

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