Violence and minority youth: The effects of risk and asset factors on fighting among African American children and adolescents

Adolescence

Volumn 41, Issue 162, 2006, Pages 251-262

  Wright, Darlene R ^b   Fitzpatrick, Kevin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b BIRMINGHAM SOUTHERN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ALABAMA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 33750515642     PISSN: 00018449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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