Optimistic bias among potential perpetrators and victims of youth violence

Adolescence

Volumn 40, Issue 160, 2005, Pages 749-760

  Chapin, John ^a   De Las Alas, Stacy ^b   Coleman, Grace ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Crisis Center North   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DENIAL; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VICTIM; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE; CRIME VICTIMS; DENIAL (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PENNSYLVANIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SCHOOLS; SELF EFFICACY; STUDENTS; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

EID: 31044454841     PISSN: 00018449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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