Peer standing and substance use in early-adolescent grade-level networks: A short-term longitudinal study

Prevention Science

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 11-23

  Killeya Jones, Ley A ^a   Nakajima, Ryo ^a,b   Costanzo, Philip R ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Early adolescents; Peer standing; Social networks; Substance use

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PEER GROUP; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NORTH CAROLINA; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 33847608257     PISSN: 13894986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11121-006-0053-2     Document Type: Article

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