Psychological Symptoms Linking Exposure to Community Violence and Academic Functioning in African American Adolescents.
African American adolescents are exposed disproportionately to community violence, increasing their risk for emotional and behavioral symptoms that can detract from learning and undermine academic outcomes. The present study examined whether aggressive behavior and depressive and anxious symptoms me...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Youth & Adolescence Vol. 42; no. 2; pp. 250 - 263 |
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