Adaptive coping reduces the impact of community violence exposure on violent behavior among African American and Latino male adolescents

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 105-115

  Brady, Sonya S ^a   Gorman Smith, Deborah ^b   Henry, David B ^b   Tolan, Patrick H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; African American; Community violence; Coping; Latino

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; URBAN AREA; VIOLENCE; WITNESS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHICAGO; CRIME; CRIME VICTIMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PROBLEM SOLVING; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

EID: 41149140951     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10802-007-9164-x     Document Type: Article

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