The role of stress, family coping, ethnic identity, and mother-daughter relationships on substance use among gang-affiliated Hispanic females

Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 31-54

  Valdez, Avelardo ^a   Mikow, Jolyn ^a   Cepeda, Alice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug use; Family; Female adolescents; Gang; Hispanic

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751545514     PISSN: 1533256X     EISSN: 15332578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J160v06n04_03     Document Type: Article

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