Socially isolated? How parents and neighbourhood adults influence youth behaviour in disadvantaged communities

Ethnic and Racial Studies

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 988-1005

  Moore, Mignon R ^a  

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

Author keywords

African American families; Family structure; Neighbourhood effects; Socio economic disadvantage

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; FAMILY STRUCTURE; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; YOUNG POPULATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0344898476     PISSN: 01419870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0141987032000132450     Document Type: Article

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