Witnessing Community Violence and Health-Risk Behaviors Among Detained Adolescents

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 506-513

  Voisin, Dexter R ^a   Salazar, Laura F ^b   Crosby, Richard ^c,d,e   DiClemente, Ralph J ^b,c,d,e,f   Yarber, William L ^d   Staples Horne, Michelle ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMORY CENTER FOR AIDS RESEARCH   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e School of Public Health   (United States)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice

Author keywords

adolescents; community violence; drug use; sexual risks; suicide

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CANNABIS;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SUICIDE; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOLISM; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; PREVALENCE; PRISONERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; VIOLENCE;

EID: 38749116594     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0002-9432.77.4.506     Document Type: Article

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