Decomposing the peer effect on adolescent substance use: Mediation, nonlinearity, and differential nonlinearity

Criminology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1235-1273

  Zimmerman, Gregory M ^a   Vásquez, Bob Edward ^b  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Neighborhood; Nonlinear; Peer influence; Substance use

Indexed keywords

EID: 83455236686     PISSN: 00111384     EISSN: 17459125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-9125.2011.00244.x     Document Type: Article

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