The dose-response relationship of adolescent religious activity and substance use: Variation across demographic groups

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 22-43

  Steinman, Kenneth J ^a   Ferketich, Amy K ^a   Sahr, Timothy ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Religion; Substance use

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIGION; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OHIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIGION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 38349076608     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: 15526127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090198105284839     Document Type: Article

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