Cognitive, affective, and behavioral responses to witnessed versus experienced violence

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 51-60

  Reid Quiñones, Kathryn ^a   Kliewer, Wendy ^a   Shields, Brian J ^a   Goodman, Kimberly ^b   Ray, Margaret H ^a   Wheat, Emily ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American inner city youth; Coping processes; Emotional responses; Experienced violence; Goals; Responses to violence; Social Competence Interview; Stress and coping theory; Victimization; Violence exposure; Witnessing violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGGRESSION; ANGER; ARTICLE; AUDIO RECORDING; CHILD; COGNITION; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL COMPETENCE; VICTIM; VIOLENCE; WITNESS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFFECT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; COGNITION; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

EID: 78650979768     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: 19390025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-0025.2010.01071.x     Document Type: Article

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