Family-Level Factors and African American Children’s Behavioral Health Outcomes: A Systematic Review

Child and Youth Care Forum

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 819-834

  Washington, Tyreasa ^a   Rose, Theda ^b   Colombo, Gia ^a   Hong, Jun Sung ^c   Coard, Stephanie Irby ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; African American children; Behavioral health; Family; Protective factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84944512693     PISSN: 10531890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10566-015-9308-z     Document Type: Article

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