Impulsivity Moderates Promotive Environmental Influences on Adolescent Delinquency: A Comparison Across Family, School, and Neighborhood Contexts

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1133-1143

  Chen, Pan ^a   Jacobson, Kristen C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Delinquency; Family warmth; Impulsivity; Moderating effects; Neighborhood cohesion; Parental knowledge; School connectedness

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84883552312     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10802-013-9754-8     Document Type: Article

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