Specifying the Interrelationship Between Exposure to Violence and Parental Monitoring for Younger Versus Older Adolescents: A Five Year Longitudinal Test

American Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 127-141

  Spano, Richard ^a   Rivera, Craig ^b   Vazsonyi, Alexander T ^c   Bolland, John M ^d  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NIAGARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent development; African American youth; Exposure to violence; Group based modeling; Parental monitoring

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ALABAMA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PARENTING; POVERTY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856674592     PISSN: 00910562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10464-011-9456-8     Document Type: Article

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