Correlates of male adolescents carrying handguns among their peers

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Research presented concerns the factors associated with the carrying of handguns by male adolescents, focusing on the family, peer group, neighborhood and school setting. Findings suggest that teenage boys that engage in other deviant behavior are more likely to have handguns than their peers.

Teenage boys, Aggressiveness (Psychology) in adolescence, Adolescent aggressiveness, Youth violence, Gun violence

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Commitment to work among welfare-reliant women

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Results are presented from an interview with 84 women welfare recipients on their commitment to work. Topics addressed include barriers to womens' formal participation in the labor force, the rural job market, informal and care work, survival strategies, support networks, and welfare stigma.

Employment, Surveys, Welfare recipients, Poor women

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Correlates in children's experiences of parents' racial socialization behaviors

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This article discusses the relationship between race discrimination, identity, and socialization in African American children. Topics include race relations, parental attitude, and mistrust.

Psychological aspects, African Americans, Race relations, Parent and child, Parent-child relations, Race discrimination, Identity, Socialization, Black identity, African American children

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