Early impacts of moving from poor to middle-class neighborhoods on low-income youth

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 415-439

  Fauth, Rebecca C ^a   Leventhal, Tama ^b   Brooks Gunn, Jeanne ^a,c  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior problems; Delinquency; Neighborhood; Victimization; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CHILD BEHAVIOR; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; JUVENILE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POVERTY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 21244453161     PISSN: 01933973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appdev.2005.04.002     Document Type: Article

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