How does violence exposure affect the psychological health and parenting of young African-American mothers?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 526-533

  Mitchell, Stephanie J ^a   Lewin, Amy ^a   Horn, Ivor B ^a   Valentine, Dawn ^a   Sanders Phillips, Kathy ^b   Joseph, Jill G ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent parenting; African American; Aggression; Community violence; Depression; Discipline; Ethnic discrimination; Mothers; USA

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; MATERNAL CARE; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGY; RACISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PARENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATH ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGGRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MINORITY GROUPS; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARENTING; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 74549135197     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.10.048     Document Type: Article

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