Pathways from acculturation stress to substance use among latino adolescents

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 740-762

  Buchanan, Rachel Lee ^a   Smokowski, Paul Richard ^b  

^a SALISBURY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation stress; Adolescent; Family relationships; Friends; Latino; Mental health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CULTURAL FACTOR; DATA ANALYSIS; FAMILY CONFLICT; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PATH ANALYSIS; PEER GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STRESS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES; ADDICTION; CONTROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FRIEND; HEALTH SURVEY; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MENTAL STRESS; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PREJUDICE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67649220568     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10826080802544216     Document Type: Article

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