Urban adolescents' exposure to community violence: The role of support, school safety, and social constraints in a school-based sample of boys and girls

Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 463-476

  Ozer, Emily J ^a   Weinstein, Rhona S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Psychology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SAFETY; SCHOOL; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SAFETY; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VIOLENCE;

EID: 4444381816     PISSN: 15374416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15374424jccp3303_4     Document Type: Article

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