A dimensional model of psychopathology among homeless adolescents: Suicidality, internalizing, and externalizing disorders

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 95-104

  Yoder, Kevin A ^a   Longley, Susan L ^b   Whitbeck, Les B ^c   Hoyt, Dan R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Externalizing; Homeless adolescents; Internalizing; Psychopathology; Suicidality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; CONDUCT DISORDER; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MENTAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOLISM; CONDUCT DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HOMELESS YOUTH; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 41149163803     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10802-007-9163-y     Document Type: Article

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