Children’s Cognitive Performance and Selective Attention Following Recent Community Violence

Journal of Health and Social Behavior

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 19-36

  McCoy, Dana Charles ^a,b   Raver, C Cybele ^a   Sharkey, Patrick ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

children; cognition; mental health; neighborhoods; violence

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ATTENTION; CHILD; COGNITION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLINOIS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; VIOLENCE;

ANXIETY; ATTENTION; CHICAGO; CHILD; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84924916395     PISSN: 00221465     EISSN: 21506000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022146514567576     Document Type: Article

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