Measuring Neighborhood Connection and the Association with Violence in Young Adolescents

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 482-489

  Widome, Rachel ^a   Sieving, Renee E ^a,b   Harpin, Scott A ^b   Hearst, Mary O ^c  

^a Healthy Youth Development Prevention Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent health; Neighborhood cohesion; Neighborhood connection; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMICS; ETHNICITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; JUVENILE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL; STUDENT; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MINNESOTA; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VIOLENCE;

EID: 53449097469     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2008.04.013     Document Type: Article

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