Hopelessness and Violence Among Inner-City Youths
Maternal and Child Health JournalPublished 1 December 2001
John M. Bolland, Debra Moehle McCallum, Brad Lian, Carolyn J. Bailey, Paul J. Rowan
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While hopelessness is, in fact, strongly related to risk behavior, it is not nearly so prevalent as is generally assumed and the conclusions of the ethnographic literature are only partially valid.
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These results suggest that the conclusions of the ethnographic literature are only partially valid: While hopelessness is, in fact, strongly related to risk behavior, it is not nearly so prevalent as is generally assumed.
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