Relationships of social context and identity to problem behavior among high-risk hispanic adolescents

Youth and Society

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 541-570

  Schwartz, Seth J ^a,d   Mason, Craig A ^a,c   Pantin, Hilda ^a,d   Wei Wang, ^b,e   Hendricks Brown, C ^b,e   Campo, Ana E ^a   Szapocznik, Josa ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^f University of South Florida ^*

Author keywords

Conduct problems; Ethnic identity; Family; Hispanic; Personal identity; School; Sexual risk taking; Substance use

Indexed keywords

EID: 65449188726     PISSN: 0044118X     EISSN: 15528499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0044118X08327506     Document Type: Article

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