Exploring risk in early adolescent African American youth

American Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 51-59

  Farmer, Thomas W ^a   Price, LeShawndra N ^b   O'Neal, Keri K ^a   Leung, Man Chi ^a   Goforth, Jennifer B ^a   Cairns, Beverley D ^a   Reese, Le'Roy E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Adolescence; African American; Configurations

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; PARENTHOOD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; AGGRESSION; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRIME; ETHNOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN RELATION; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGGRESSION; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; CRIME; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NORTH CAROLINA; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; RISK-TAKING; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; STUDENT DROPOUTS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 2342518777     PISSN: 00910562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:AJCP.0000014318.16652.30     Document Type: Article

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