Examining the Influence of Family Environments on Youth Violence: A Comparison of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Non-Latino Black, and Non-Latino White Adolescents

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1039-1051

  Estrada Martínez, Lorena M ^a   Padilla, Mark B ^a   Caldwell, Cleopatra Howard ^a   Schulz, Amy Jo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cubans; Families; Hispanics; Latinos; Mexicans; Puerto Ricans; Youth violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CUBA; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERTO RICO; RISK; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CUBA; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PUERTO RICO; RISK; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 79960044270     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-010-9624-4     Document Type: Article

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