Gender differences in early risk factors for adolescent depression among low-income urban children

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 644-657

  Lyons, Aoife L ^a   Carlson, Ginger A ^a   Thurm, Audrey E ^a   Grant, Kathryn E ^a   Gipson, Polly Y ^a  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Depression; Early childhood; Gender differences; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; BODY IMAGE; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; KINDERGARTEN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX ROLE; STRESS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33750690206     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1099-9809.12.4.644     Document Type: Article

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