Stress and tobacco use among African-American adolescents: The buffering effect of cultural factors

Journal of Drug Education

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 173-188

  Belgrave, Faye Z ^a   Johnson, Jessica ^a   Nguyen, Anh ^a   Hood, Kristina ^a   Tademy, Raymond ^a   Clark, Trenette ^b   Nasim, Aashir ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RELIGION; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL STRESS; SMOKING; STRESS; SUPPORT GROUP;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78049508224     PISSN: 00472379     EISSN: 15414159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/DE.40.2.e     Document Type: Article

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