Rural versus urban African-American adolescents: Competence scores and environment

Journal of Social Service Research

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 49-64

  Sullivan, Michael ^a,c   Evans, Theora ^a   Johnson, Toni ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Competency; Minority; Rural; Self worth

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645672223     PISSN: 01488376     EISSN: 15407314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J079v32n01_04     Document Type: Review

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