The long arm of community: The influence of childhood community contexts across the early life course

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 894-910

  Wickrama, K A S ^a   Noh, Samuel ^b,c  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Childhood community; Depression; Educational attainment; Family; Young adulthood

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ADULT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PEER GROUP; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT; PSYCHOLOGY, ADOLESCENT;

EID: 77954243840     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-009-9411-2     Document Type: Article

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