Longitudinal effects of a universal family-Focused intervention on growth patterns of adolescent internalizing symptoms and polysubstance use: Gender comparisons

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 725-740

  Trudeau, Linda ^a   Spoth, Richard ^a   Randall, G Kevin ^b   Azevedo, Kari ^c  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRADLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent internalizing; Adolescent polysubstance use; Gender differences; Preventive intervention

Indexed keywords

EID: 44949112802     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-007-9179-1     Document Type: Article

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