Community Violence and Children's Psychological Well-Being: Does Parental Monitoring Matter?

Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 586-592

  Ceballo, Rosario ^a   Ramirez, Cynthia ^a   Hearn, Kimberly D ^a   Maltese, Kelly L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; CHILD; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; POVERTY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0242595889     PISSN: 15374416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15374424JCCP3204_11     Document Type: Article

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