Gender Differences in the Longitudinal Impact of Exposure to Violence on Mental Health in Urban Youth

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1674-1690

  Zona, Kate ^a   Milan, Stephanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Dissociation; Externalizing; Gender; Internalizing; PTSD; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

EID: 80855131659     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-011-9649-3     Document Type: Article

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