A longitudinal examination of predictors of delinquency: An analysis of data from the Mobile Youth Survey

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2400-2408

  Church, Wesley T ^a   Tomek, Sara ^b   Bolland, Kathleen A ^a   Hooper, Lisa M ^b   Jaggers, Jeremiah ^a   Bolland, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Delinquency; Family cohesion; Longitudinal study; Peer influences; Self worth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868333846     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2012.09.007     Document Type: Article

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