Peer and adolescent substance use among 6th-9th graders: Latent growth analyses of influence versus selection mechanisms

Health Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 453-463

  Wills, Thomas Ashby ^a   Cleary, Sean D ^b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adolescents; Latent growth models; Peer groups; Social influence; Substance use; Temperament

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CHILD GROWTH; FEMALE; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SELF CONTROL; SMOKING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TEMPERAMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LATENCY PERIOD (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PEER GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; STUDENTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 0032835563     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.18.5.453     Document Type: Article

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