A cascade model connecting life stress to risk behavior among rural African American emerging adults

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 667-678

  Brody, Gene H ^a   Chen, Yi Fu ^a   Kogan, Steven M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PEER GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; RURAL POPULATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77957032924     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579410000350     Document Type: Article

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