ERIC Number: EJ929554
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009
Pages: 29
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ISSN: ISSN-0145-935X
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Correlates of Externalizing Behavior Symptoms among Youth within Two Impoverished, Urban Communities
Gopalan, Geetha; Cavaleri, Mary A.; Bannon, William M.; McKay, Mary M.
Child & Youth Services, v31 n3-4 p92-120 2009
This study examines whether risk factors associated with child externalizing behavior symptoms differ between two similar low-income, urban communities, using baseline parent data of 154 African American youth (ages 9-15) participating in the Collaborative HIV-Prevention and Adolescent Mental Health Project (CHAMP) family program. Separate multiple regression analyses of each city sample indicated that greater child externalizing symptoms were associated with increasing parenting hassles for New York families (n = 46), but greater parent mental health symptoms for participants in Chicago (n = 108). Understanding such distinctions between communities is an important first step toward tailoring services to unique community needs. (Contains 1 figure and 5 tables.)
Descriptors: Family Programs, Mental Health, Children, Adolescents, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Behavior Problems, At Risk Persons, Urban Areas, Low Income Groups, African Americans, Geographic Location, Check Lists, Mental Disorders, Child Rearing, Family Structure, Family Environment, Social Support Groups, Decision Making, Parents, Educational Attainment, Marital Status
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Illinois; New York
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Child Behavior Checklist
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