Ethnic identity, neighborhood risk, and adolescent drug and sex attitudes and refusal efficacy: The urban African American girls' experience

Journal of Drug Education

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 177-190

  Corneille, Maya A ^a   Belgrave, Faye Z ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DRUG ABUSE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MODEL; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 34547938978     PISSN: 00472379     EISSN: 15414159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/UJ17-34J7-U306-2822     Document Type: Article

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