Do Girls Profit More? Gender-Specific Effectiveness of a Life Skills Program Against Alcohol Consumption in Early Adolescence

Journal of Early Adolescence

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 200-225

  Weichold, Karina ^a   Brambosch, Anett ^a   Silbereisen, Rainer K ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

gender; health promotion; intervention; substance use

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858657000     PISSN: 02724316     EISSN: 15525449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272431610384489     Document Type: Article

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