Collective efficacy and the contingent consequences of exposure to life-threatening violence

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1878-1890

  Browning, Christopher R ^a   Gardner, Margo ^b   Maimon, David ^c   Brooks Gunn, Jeanne ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Collective efficacy; Exposure to violence; Multilevel; Neighborhood

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84903162188     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0036767     Document Type: Article

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