The strong African American families program: Prevention of youths' high-risk behavior and a test of a model of change

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-11

  Brody, Gene H ^a   Murry, Velma McBride ^a   Gerrard, Meg ^b,d   Gibbons, Frederick X ^b,d   McNair, Lily ^a,e   Brown, Anita C ^a   Wills, Thomas A ^c   Molgaard, Virginia ^b   Spoth, Richard L ^b   Luo, Zupei ^a,f   Chen, Yi Fu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Department of Statistics Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence Iowa State University 2438 Osborn Dr Ames   (United States)

^e SPELMAN COLLEGE   (United States)

^f State Farm Insurance Companies   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Family centered; Intervention; Prevention; SAAF

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RISK-TAKING; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 33645991515     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0893-3200.20.1.1     Document Type: Article

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