Adolescent coping and neighborhood violence: Perceptions, exposure, and urban youths' efforts to deal with danger

American Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 61-75

  Rasmussen, Andrew ^a   Aber, Mark S ^a   Bhana, Arvinkumar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adolescent coping; Ethnic minorities; Exposure to violence; Neighborhood; Perceived safety; Resilience

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRIME; ETHNOLOGY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENDER; HAZARD; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; RATING SCALE; SAFETY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; VIOLENCE; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; HOMICIDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHICAGO; CRIME; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

EID: 2342582097     PISSN: 00910562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:AJCP.0000014319.32655.66     Document Type: Article

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