Individual factors influencing effective nonviolent behavior and fighting in peer situations: A qualitative study with urban African American adolescents

Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 397-411

  Farrell, Albert D ^a   Erwin, Elizabeth H ^b   Bettencourt, Amie ^a   Mays, Sally ^a   Vulin Reynolds, Monique ^a   Sullivan, Terri ^a   Allison, Kevin W ^a   Kliewer, Wendy ^a   Meyer, Aleta ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; NEGRO; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY TEST; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIALIZATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGGRESSION; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIALIZATION; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE; VIRGINIA;

EID: 45849153822     PISSN: 15374416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15374410801955821     Document Type: Article

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