Direct, mediated, moderated, and cumulative relations between neighborhood characteristics and adolescent outcomes

Adolescence

Volumn 39, Issue 153, 2004, Pages 121-144

  Meyers, Steven A ^a   Miller, Cheryl ^a  

^a ROOSEVELT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEER GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTING; PEER GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 3142760793     PISSN: 00018449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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