Community violence exposure and adolescents' school engagement and academic achievement over time

Psychology of Violence

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 381-395

  Borofsky, Larissa A ^a   Kellerman, Ilana ^a   Baucom, Brian ^b   Oliver, Pamella H ^c   Margolin, Gayla ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; adolescence; community violence; psychological symptoms; school engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885952764     PISSN: 21520828     EISSN: 2152081X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0034121     Document Type: Article

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