The impact of gender and family processes on mental health and substance use issues in a sample of court-involved female and male adolescents

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1071-1084

  Gavazzi, Stephen M ^a   Lim, Ji Young ^b   Yarcheck, Courtney M ^a   Bostic, Jennifer M ^a   Scheer, Scott D ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Family processes; Gender; Juvenile justice; Mental health; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

EID: 49349112836     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-008-9306-7     Document Type: Article

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