Exploring the gender differences in protective factors: Implications for understanding resiliency

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 249-277

  Hartman, Jennifer L ^a   Turner, Michael G ^a   Daigle, Leah E ^b   Exum, M Lyn ^a   Cullen, Francis T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Delinquency; Drugs; Gender; Resiliency

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIME; CRIMINOLOGY; DELINQUENCY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JUVENILE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; POLICY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTECTION; PSYCHOEDUCATION; RESILIENCY; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; SELF ESTEEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65349086115     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: 15526933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X08326910     Document Type: Article

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