Developmental patterns of African American and Caucasian adolescents' alcohol use

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 740-746

  Flory, Kate ^a,b   Brown, Tamara L ^a   Lynam, Donald R ^a   Miller, Joshua D ^a   Leukefeld, Carl ^a   Clayton, Richard R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent development; Adolescent substance use; African American; Alcohol drinking patterns; Alcohol use; Caucasian; Developmental trajectory; Ethnic differences

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RISK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 33750736668     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1099-9809.12.4.740     Document Type: Article

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