Escalation and Initiation of Younger Adolescents' Substance Use: The Impact of Perceived Peer Use

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 481-487

  D'Amico, Elizabeth J ^a   McCarthy, Denis M ^b  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Initiation; Misperceptions; Perceived peer substance use; Substance use

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CANNABIS;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PEER PRESSURE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; PEER GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33748572980     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2006.02.010     Document Type: Article

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