Effects of deviant peer association on adolescent alcohol consumption: A growth mixture modeling analysis

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 537-551

  Wiesner, Margit ^a   Silbereisen, Rainer K ^b   Weichold, Karina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Alcohol use; Deviant peers; Growth mixture modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 41449092430     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-007-9263-6     Document Type: Article

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