Using the Theory of Planned Behavior to Predict Aggression and Weapons Carrying in Urban African American Early Adolescent Youth

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 220-230

  Finigan Carr, Nadine M ^a   Cheng, Tina L ^b   Gielen, Andrea ^b   Haynie, Denise L ^c   Simons Morton, Bruce ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescence; aggression; perceived behavioral control; self control; theory of planned behavior; youth violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGGRESSION; CHILD; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MARYLAND; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONTROL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VIOLENCE; WEAPON;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGGRESSION; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BALTIMORE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PEER GROUP; RISK FACTORS; SELF-CONTROL; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VIOLENCE; WEAPONS;

EID: 84926291615     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: 15526127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090198114548479     Document Type: Article

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