Thinking About the Future as a Way to Succeed in the Present: A Longitudinal Study of Future Orientation and Violent Behaviors Among African American Youth

American Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 238-246

  Stoddard, Sarah A ^a   Zimmerman, Marc A ^a   Bauermeister, José A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Future orientation; Growth curve modeling; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICANS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 80855156533     PISSN: 00910562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10464-010-9383-0     Document Type: Article

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