Prevalence of child and adolescent exposure to community violence

Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 247-264

  Stein, Bradley D ^a,b   Jaycox, Lisa H ^a   Kataoka, Sheryl ^c   Rhodes, Hilary J ^a   Vestal, Katherine D ^c  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Trauma; Violence

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGGRESSION; ASSAULT; BEHAVIOR; COMMUNITY; CRIME; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EMOTIONALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; JUVENILE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MINORITY GROUP; PARTNER VIOLENCE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RAPE; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL ABUSE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRAUMATOLOGY; VICTIM; VIOLENCE; WEAPON; WITNESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VIOLENCE;

EID: 1342264906     PISSN: 10964037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:CCFP.0000006292.61072.d2     Document Type: Review

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