From the Macro to the Micro: A Geographic Examination of the Community Context and Early Adolescent Problem Behaviors

American Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 352-364

  Chilenski, Sarah M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Community or neighborhood context; Delinquency; Geographic information systems; Rural; Substance use

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SMOKING; SOCIAL WORK; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CHILD; COMMERCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SMOKING; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80855128734     PISSN: 00910562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10464-011-9428-z     Document Type: Article

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