Neighborhood Crime and Self-Care: Risks for Aggression and Lower Academic Performance

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1321-1333

  Lord, Heather ^a   Mahoney, Joseph L ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

after school program; crime; middle childhood; neighborhood; self care

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLASSIFICATION; CRIME; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LEARNING; LEISURE; PATIENT SELECTION; SELF CARE; TEACHING; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

AGGRESSION; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CRIME; HUMANS; LEARNING; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; NEW ENGLAND; PATIENT SELECTION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF CARE; TEACHING; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 36349002372     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.43.6.1321     Document Type: Article

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