Experiences of racial discrimination & relation to violence perpetration and gang involvement among a sample of urban African American men

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 319-326

  Reed, Elizabeth ^a,b   Silverman, J G ^a   Ickovics, J R ^a   Gupta, J ^a,b   Welles, S L ^c   Santana, M C ^d   Raj, A ^d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American Men; Intimate partner violence; Neighborhood violence; Racial discrimination

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CRIME; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PSYCHOMETRY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPOUSE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CRIME; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOMETRICS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ALIENATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; SPOUSES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956063940     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-008-9159-x     Document Type: Article

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