Adolescent (In)vulnerability

American Psychologist

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1993, Pages 102-116

  Quadrel, Marilyn Jacobs ^a,b   Fischhoff, Baruch ^a   Davis, Wendy ^a,c  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c U S CENSUS BUREAU   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL DEATHS; ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADOLESCENTS; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGY; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EGO DEVELOPMENT; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES; JUVENILE; MALE; MORTALITY; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; PARENT; PERCEPTION; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; POPULATION AT RISK; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SELF-PERCEPTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

ACCIDENTAL DEATHS; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADOLESCENTS; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; AMERICAS; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS; FERTILITY; INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES; MORTALITY; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; PARENTS; PERCEPTION; POPULATION; POPULATION AT RISK; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RISK FACTORS; SELF-PERCEPTION; UNITED STATES; YOUTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ADULT; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; RISK-TAKING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0027547352     PISSN: 0003066X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0003-066X.48.2.102     Document Type: Article

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