A Test of Jessor's Problem Behavior Theory in a Eurasian and a Western European Developmental Context

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 555-564

  Vazsonyi, Alexander T ^a   Chen, Pan ^a   Young, Maureen ^a   Jenkins, Dusty ^a   Browder, Sara ^a   Kahumoku, Emily ^a   Pagava, Karaman ^b   Phagava, Helen ^b   Jeannin, Andre ^c   Michaud, Pierre Andre ^c  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TBILISI STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Georgia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adolescence adolescent; Crosscultural; Crossnational; Georgian adolescents; Problem behavior theory; Swiss adolescents

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DRUG USE; FAMILY; FEMALE; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEER GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM BEHAVIOR THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; STRESS; SWITZERLAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 56249092047     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2008.06.013     Document Type: Article

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