Ways to say no: Refusal skill strategies among urban adolescents

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 227-236

  Nichols, Tracy R ^a   Graber, Julia A ^b   Brooks Gunn, Jeanne ^c   Botvin, Gilbert J ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Assertiveness; Observational methodology; Problem behaviors; Refusal skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646583520     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.30.3.1     Document Type: Article

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