Buffering effect of religiosity for adolescent substance use

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 24-31

  Wills, Thomas Ashby ^a   Yaeger, Alison M ^b   Sandy, James M ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CANNABIS;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; RELIGION; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKING; STRESS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TOBACCO;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW YORK CITY; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIGION; SMOKING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0345269129     PISSN: 0893164X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0893-164X.17.1.24     Document Type: Article

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