Exposure to community violence and adolescents' internalizing behaviors among African American and Asian American adolescents

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 403-413

  Chen, Wan Yi ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents' internalizing behaviors; African American youth; Asian American youth; Cross cultural comparison; Exposure to community violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN AMERICANS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

EID: 77951092488     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-009-9427-7     Document Type: Article

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