Risk and Resiliency: A Test of a Theoretical Model for Urban, African-American Youth

Journal of Prevention and Intervention in the Community

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 5-19

  Yakin, Jeanne A ^a   McMahon, Susan D ^a  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American youth; Resilience; Violence exposure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JUVENILE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; PATH ANALYSIS; PROTECTION; RESILIENCE; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENT; THEORETICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN AREA; VICTIM; VIOLENCE; WELLBEING;

EID: 0242410790     PISSN: 10852352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J005v26n01_02     Document Type: Article

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