Urban adolescent mothers exposed to community, family, and partner violence: Is cumulative violence exposure a barrier to school performance and participation?

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 750-773

  Kennedy, Angie C ^a   Bennett, Larry ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent mothers; Community violence; Family violence; Partner violence; Risk and resilience

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD HEALTH CARE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MOTHER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBJECT RELATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; ADULT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MOTHERS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NARRATION; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPOUSE ABUSE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33646505538     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260506287314     Document Type: Article

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