Interparental Aggression and Antisocial Behavior Among African American Youth: A Simultaneous Test of Competing Explanations

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1489-1502

  Su, Xiaoli ^a   Simons, Ronald L ^a   Simons, Leslie G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Antisocial behavior; Interparental aggression

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONDUCT DISORDER; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGGRESSION; CHILD; CONDUCT DISORDER; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HUMANS; IOWA; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PARENTING; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 80053901539     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-011-9673-3     Document Type: Article

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