The effect of local violence on children's attention and impulse control

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 102, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2287-2293

  Sharkey, Patrick T ^a   Tirado Strayer, Nicole ^b   Papachristos, Andrew V ^c   Raver, C Cybele ^d  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APTITUDE TEST; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

APTITUDE TESTS; ATTENTION; CHICAGO; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PARENTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84869200466     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.300789     Document Type: Article

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