Brief report: Do delinquency and community violence exposure explain internalizing problems in early adolescent gang members?

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1093-1096

  Madan, Anjana ^a   Mrug, Sylvie ^a   Windle, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Delinquency; Gangs; Suicidal behavior; Violence exposure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DELINQUENCY; DEPRESSION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GANG; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PEER GROUP; SUICIDAL IDEATION; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 80052027834     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: 10959254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2010.06.003     Document Type: Article

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