Community violence and externalizing problems: Moderating effects of race and religiosity in emerging adulthood

Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 835-850

  Fowler, Patrick J ^a,d   Ahmed, Sawssan R ^b   Tompsett, Carolyn J ^c   Jozefowicz Simbeni, Debra M H ^a   Toro, Paul A ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

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EID: 51449116996     PISSN: 00904392     EISSN: 15206629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcop.20267     Document Type: Article

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