"I'm not a druggie": Adolescents' ethnicity and (erroneous) beliefs about drug use norms

Health Communication

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 209-228

  Miller Day, Michelle ^a   Barnett, Jacqueline M ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DRUG USE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PERCEPTION; STANDARD; ADDICTION; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CULTURE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84858924615     PISSN: 10410236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327027hc1602_5     Document Type: Article

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