Empathy and drug use behaviors among African-American adolescents

Journal of Drug Education

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 289-308

  Nguyen, Anh B ^a,d   Clark, Trenette T ^b   Belgrave, Faye Z ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD; DRUG USE; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PEER GROUP; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 80054069978     PISSN: 00472379     EISSN: 15414159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/DE.41.3.d     Document Type: Article

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