Profiles of Community Violence Exposure Among African American Youth: An Examination of Desensitization to Violence Using Latent Class Analysis

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 2077-2101

  Gaylord Harden, Noni K ^a   Dickson, Daniel ^a   Pierre, Cynthia ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

community violence; mental health and violence; violence exposure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANXIETY; CHILD; CRIME VICTIM; DEPRESSION; EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANXIETY; CHILD; CRIME VICTIMS; DEPRESSION; EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84973401290     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260515572474     Document Type: Article

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