African American Inner-City Youth Exposed to Violence: Coping Skills as a Moderator for Anxiety

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 249-258

  Edlynn, Emily S ^a   Gaylord Harden, Noni K ^a   Richards, Maryse H ^a   Miller, Steven A ^b  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b ARGOSY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American youth; anxiety; community violence; coping

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHILD; COMMUNITY; COPING BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JUVENILE; MALE; PARENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; VIOLENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

EID: 57349135794     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013948     Document Type: Article

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