Stressors in Multiple Life-Domains and the Risk for Externalizing and Internalizing Behaviors Among African Americans During Emerging Adulthood

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1600-1612

  Estrada Martínez, Lorena M ^a   Caldwell, Cleopatra H ^b   Bauermeister, José A ^b   Zimmerman, Marc A ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Depression; Emerging adulthood; Stressors; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869083276     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-012-9778-3     Document Type: Article

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