Racial/ethnic differences in the protective effects of self-management skills on adolescent substance use

Substance Abuse

Volumn 27, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 47-52

  Griffin, Kenneth W ^a   Botvin, Gilbert J ^a   Scheier, Lawrence M ^b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b LARS Research Institute Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Protective factors; Race; Substance use

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CANNABIS;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; CAUCASIAN; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMMUNITY; DECISION MAKING; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAMILY; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGRO; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RACE DIFFERENCE; REINFORCEMENT; SCHOOL; SELF CARE; SKILL; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUBURBAN AREA; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ALCOHOL DRINKING; DECISION MAKING; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; NEW YORK; NEW YORK CITY; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); RISK FACTORS; SELF CARE; SMOKING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUBURBAN POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33749579056     PISSN: 08897077     EISSN: 15470164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J465v27n01_06     Document Type: Article

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