Marijuana use among latino adolescents: Gender differences in protective familial factors

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 644-655

  Lac, Andrew ^a   Unger, Jennifer B ^b   Basáñez, Tatiana ^a   Ritt Olson, Anamara ^b   Soto, Daniel W ^b   Baezconde Garbanati, Lourdes ^b  

^a CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescents; family; gender; Hispanic; Latino; longitudinal; marijuana; parents

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CANNABIS SMOKING; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIALIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIALIZATION;

EID: 79952607360     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10826084.2010.528121     Document Type: Article

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