Early adolescent pathways of antisocial behaviors in poor, inner-city neighborhoods

Journal of Early Adolescence

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 185-205

  Park, Nan S ^a   Lee, Beom S ^a   Bolland, John M ^b   Vazsonyi, Alexander T ^c   Sun, Fei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antisocial behavior; Growth mixture modeling; Pathways; Poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 41649094640     PISSN: 02724316     EISSN: 15525449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272431607313591     Document Type: Article

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