Alcohol use among asian american adolescent girls: The impact of immigrant generation status and family relationships

Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 275-294

  Fang, Lin ^a   Schinke, Steven P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

acculturation; adolescents; family relationship; female; immigrant generation; underage drinking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; FAMILY CONFLICT; FAMILY INTERACTION; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONITORING; PARENTAL CONSENT; PEER PRESSURE; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ASIAN AMERICANS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DEPRESSION; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PEER GROUP; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857473272     PISSN: 15332640     EISSN: 15332659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15332640.2011.623484     Document Type: Article

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