Relationships between discretionary time activities, emotional experiences, delinquency and depressive symptoms among urban African American adolescents

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 587-601

  Bohnert, Amy M ^a   Richards, Maryse ^a   Kohl, Krista ^a   Randall, Edin ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

African American young adolescents; Discretionary time activities; Positive experiences

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LEISURE; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 61849107139     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-008-9336-1     Document Type: Article

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