Exposure to Violence and Mental Health Among Chinese American Urban Adolescents

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 73-79

  Ozer, Emily J ^a   McDonald, Kristen L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; URBAN AREA; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ASIAN AMERICANS; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

EID: 33744974761     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2005.09.015     Document Type: Article

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