They wear the mask: Hypervulnerability and hypermasculine aggression among African American males in an urban remedial disciplinary school

Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 53-74

  Cassidy, Elaine F ^a   Stevenson Jr , Howard C ^b  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; African American males; Aggression; Depression; Hypermasculinity; Rejection sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGGRESSION; ANGER; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; FEAR; GENDER; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; SCHOOL CHILD; STRESS; THEORETICAL MODEL; URBAN AREA; VIOLENCE;

EID: 27344441431     PISSN: 10926771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J146v11n04_03     Document Type: Article

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