Growing Up in violent communities: Do family conflict and gender moderate impacts on adolescents' psychosocial development?

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 95-107

  McKelvey, Lorraine M ^a,c   Whiteside Mansell, Leanne ^a   Bradley, Robert H ^b   Casey, Patrick H ^a   Conners Burrow, Nicola A ^a   Barrett, Kathleen W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Child gender; Community violence; Family conflict

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPATHY; SEX DIFFERENCE; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK-TAKING; SEX FACTORS; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952487095     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10802-010-9448-4     Document Type: Article

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