Role model behavior and youth violence: A study of positive and negative effects

Journal of Early Adolescence

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 323-354

  Hurd, Noelle M ^a   Zimmerman, Marc A ^a   Reischl, Thomas M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

African American adolescents; role models; youth violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952160022     PISSN: 02724316     EISSN: 15525449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272431610363160     Document Type: Article

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