Exposure to Community Violence and Protective and Risky Contexts Among Low Income Urban African American Adolescents: A Prospective Study

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 174-186

  Goldner, Jonathan ^a   Peters, Tracy L ^a,b   Richards, Maryse H ^a   Pearce, Steven ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Exposure to community violence; Time sampling technique; Urban low income

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651098101     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-010-9527-4     Document Type: Article

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