Traumatic Events Involving Friends and Family Members in a Sample of African American Early Adolescents

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 398-406

  Jenkins, Esther J ^a   Wang, Edward ^b   Turner, Larry ^c  

^a CHICAGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

African American adolescents; Black male youth; PTSD; significant others; traumatic events

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SEX DIFFERENCE; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; CHICAGO; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VIOLENCE;

EID: 70350491263     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016659     Document Type: Article

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