Strength-based assessment of rural African American early adolescents: Characteristics of students in high and low groups on the behavioral and emotional rating scale

Journal of Child and Family Studies

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 57-69

  Farmer, Thomas W ^a   Clemmer, Jason T ^a   Leung, Man Chi ^b   Goforth, Jennifer B ^b   Thompson, Jana H ^b   Keagy, Kristin ^a   Boucher, Signe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Center for Developmental Science   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; African American; Behavioral disorders; Rural; Strengths assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 23944468616     PISSN: 10621024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10826-005-1113-0     Document Type: Article

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