Predictors of violent behavior in an early adolescent cohort: Similarities and differences across genders

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 175-194

  Blitstein, Jonathan L ^a   Murray, David M ^b   Lytle, Leslie A ^c   Birnbaum, Amanda S ^d   Perry, Cheryl L ^c  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b University of Memphis   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Risk factors; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PATERNALISM; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SOCIALIZATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MINNESOTA; PATERNALISM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIALIZATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

EID: 20444481053     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090198104269516     Document Type: Article

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