Substance use and exercise participation among young adults: Parallel trajectories in a national cohort-sequential study

Addiction

Volumn 106, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1855-1865

  Terry McElrath, Yvonne M ^a   O'Malley, Patrick M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Cigarettes; Exercise; Illicit drugs; Marijuana; Parallel process latent growth curve modeling; Parallel trajectory modeling; Substance use; Team sports participation; Young adult

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; PEER GROUP; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL; SMOKING; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PEER GROUP; PREVALENCE; SCHOOLS; SMOKING; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SPORTS; STUDENTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052738585     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2011.03489.x     Document Type: Article

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