Substance Abuse in Parents and Their Adolescent Offspring: The Role of Sexual Maturation and Sensation Seeking

Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 77-89

  Kirillova, Galina P ^a   Vanyukov, Michael M ^a   Gavaler, Judith S ^a   Pajer, Kathleen ^b   Dunn, Marija ^a   Tarter, Ralph E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug abuse; Dysregulation; Path analysis; Personality; Pubertal timing; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346026482     PISSN: 1067828X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J029v10n04_08     Document Type: Article

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