Exposure to violence and psychosocial adjustment among urban school-aged children

Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 424-430

  Purugganan, Oscar H ^a   Stein, Ruth E K ^a   Silver, Ellen Johnson ^a   Benenson, Blanche S ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Exposure to violence; Psychosocial adjustment; School aged children

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALADJUSTMENT; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; URBAN POPULATION; VICTIM; VIOLENCE; WITNESS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0347659137     PISSN: 0196206X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004703-200312000-00004     Document Type: Article

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