Effects of community violence exposure and parental mental health on the internalizing problems of urban adolescents

Violence and Victims

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 183-198

  Self Brown, Shannon R ^a,c   LeBlanc, Monique ^b   Kelley, Mary Lou ^b   Hanson, Rochelle ^a   Laslie, Karen ^b   Wingate, Annie ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent depression; Community violence exposure; Moderator; Parental mental health, adolescent PTSD

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNALIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; VIOLENCE;

EID: 33646365343     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/vivi.21.2.183     Document Type: Article

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