The relation of violence exposure and ethnicity to intelligence and verbal-performance discrepancies in incarcerated male adolescents

Violence and Victims

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 496-512

  Perkins, Suzanne C ^a   Smith Darden, Joanne P ^b   Graham Bermann, Sandra A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent development; Child maltreatment; Intellectual disability; Interpersonal violence exposure; Racial bias

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CRIME; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTELLIGENCE; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; VIOLENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGGRESSION; CRIME; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTELLIGENCE; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PRISONERS; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051645724     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/0886-6708.26.4.496     Document Type: Article

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