The Relationship Between Cumulative Risk and Promotive Factors and Violent Behavior Among Urban Adolescents

American Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 51, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 57-65

  Stoddard, Sarah A ^a   Whiteside, Lauren ^a   Zimmerman, Marc A ^a   Cunningham, Rebecca M ^a   Chermack, Stephen T ^b   Walton, Maureen A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent resiliency; Risk factors; Violent behavior; Youth violence prevention

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873988491     PISSN: 00910562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10464-012-9541-7     Document Type: Article

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