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Evaluation of the Effects of the Aban Aya Youth Project in Reducing Violence among African American Adolescent Males Using Latent Class Growth Mixture Modeling Techniques
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Segawa, Eisuke; Ngwe, Job E.; Li, Yanhong; Flay, Brian R. – Evaluation Review, 2005
This study employs growth mixture modeling techniques to evaluate the preventive effects of the Aban Aya Youth Project in reducing the rate of growth of violence among African American adolescent males (N = 552). Results suggest three distinct classes of participants: high risk (34%), medium risk (54%), and low risk (12%) based on both the…
Descriptors: Males, Adolescents, Violence, African Americans