Urban African American youth exposed to community violence: A school-based anxiety preventive intervention efficacy study

Journal of Prevention and Intervention in the Community

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 149-166

  Cooley Strickland, Michele R ^a,b   Griffin, Robert S ^b   Darney, Dana ^a   Otte, Katherine ^c   Ko, Jean ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Anxiety; Children and youth; Community violence; Ethnic minority; Prevention; School based interventions

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

EID: 79959839331     PISSN: 10852352     EISSN: 15407330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10852352.2011.556573     Document Type: Article

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