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Article: Research from Howard University reveals new findings on community psychology.(Clinical report)
- Article from:
- Psychology & Psychiatry Journal
- Article date:
- March 28, 2009
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"The study examines individual, social, and contextual correlates of anxiety sensitivity among African American adolescents living in public housing. The study also reports prevalence of anxiety, sensitivity among this population of youth," scientists in the United States report.
"Participants included 238 African, American adolescents (mean age = 15.6) living in three public housing developments in a large Midwest city. These adolescents reported about their anxiety sensitivity, antisocial behavior, parental monitoring, affiliation, with delinquent peers, and perceptions of their neighborhood. The study uses a cross-sectional research design. Age and gender ...