Family and Community Factors that Predict Internalizing and Externalizing Symptoms in Low-Income, African-American Children: A Preliminary Report

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1008, Issue , 2003, Pages 55-68

  Kaslow, Nadine J ^a   Heron, Sheryl ^a   Roberts, Debra Kim ^a   Thompson, Martie ^b   Guessous, Omar ^c   Jones, Claudia ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American children; Community factors; Family factors; Internalizing and externalizing symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COMMUNITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM; VARIANCE;

EID: 1342305364     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1301.007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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