Examining the impact of gender, race/ethnicity, and family factors on mental health issues in a sample of court-involved youth

Journal of Marital and Family Therapy

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 353-368

  Gavazzi, Stephen M ^a   Bostic, Jennifer M ^b   Lim, Ji Young ^c   Yarcheck, Courtney M ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OSU Center for Family Research

^c MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 47949114678     PISSN: 0194472X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-0606.2008.00077.x     Document Type: Article

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