Coping with stress, coping with violence: Links to mental health outcomes among At-risk youth

Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 405-414

  Boxer, Paul ^a   Sloan Power, Elizabeth ^a   Mercado, Ignacio ^a   Schappell, Ashley ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping; Mental health; PTSD; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; POVERTY; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 84866738845     PISSN: 08822689     EISSN: 15733505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10862-012-9285-6     Document Type: Article

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