Substance Use Behavior Among Early-Adolescent Asian American Girls: The Impact of Psychological and Family Factors

Women and Health

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 623-642

  Fang, Lin ^a   Barnes Ceeney, Kevin ^b   Schinke, Steven P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

^c Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescents; Asian Americans; family; female; risk factors; substance use

Indexed keywords

PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BODY IMAGE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEPRESSION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PEER GROUP; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; VIOLENCE;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ASIAN AMERICANS; BODY IMAGE; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; DATA COLLECTION; DEPRESSION; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; PEER GROUP; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; PROBLEM SOLVING; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84857958813     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: 15410331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03630242.2011.616575     Document Type: Article

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