Does parenting shield youth from exposure to violence during adolescence? A 5-year longitudinal test in a high-poverty sample of minority youth

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 930-949

  Spano, Richard ^a   Rivera, Craig ^b   Bolland, John M ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NIAGARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

African American youth; exposure to violence; group based modeling; high poverty; parental monitoring

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; POVERTY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 79952306903     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260510365873     Document Type: Article

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