Neighborhood Violence and Coparent Conflict: Interactive Influence on Child Psychosocial Adjustment

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 591-604

  Forehand, Rex ^a   Jones, Deborah J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child adjustment; Coparent conflict; Inner city environment; Neighborhood violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFLICT; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUTUROLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; NEGRO; PARENT; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SAMPLING; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; CHILD; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0344667688     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026206122470     Document Type: Article

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