Risk taking and refusal assertiveness in a longitudinal model of alcohol use among inner-city adolescents

Prevention Science

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 193-200

  Epstein, Jennifer A ^a   Griffin, Kenneth W ^a   Botvin, Gilbert J ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Alcohol use; Refusal skills; Risk taking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASSERTIVENESS; DECISION MAKING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; POVERTY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ASSERTIVENESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEW YORK CITY; POVERTY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SAMPLING STUDIES; SELF EFFICACY; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0035465439     PISSN: 13894986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011562907970     Document Type: Article

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