Identity matters: A new intervention threshold for social work practitioners working with African American adolescents

Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 35-55

  Decarlo, Alonzo ^a  

^a CHICAGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American Adolescents; Aggression; Identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 17444387476     PISSN: 07380151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10560-005-2553-5     Document Type: Article

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