The effect of social problem solving skills in the relationship between traumatic stress and moral disengagement among inner-city African American high school students

Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 87-95

  Coker, Kendell L ^a,d   Ikpe, Uduakobong N ^b   Brooks, Jeannie S ^a   Page, Brian ^c   Sobell, Mark B ^a  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Lansing Correctional Facility   (United States)

^c THE CHICAGO SCHOOL OF PROFESSIONAL PSYCHOLOGY   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescentm; African american; Exposure to violence; Moral disengagement; Trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901816685     PISSN: 19361521     EISSN: 1936153X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40653-014-0012-1     Document Type: Article

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