The utility of mentoring homeless adolescents: A pilot study

American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 350-358

  Bartle Haring, Suzanne ^a   Slesnick, Natasha ^a   Collins, Jennifer ^a   Erdem, Gizem ^a   Buettner, Cynthia ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent substance abuse; Mentoring; Multilevel models

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; FEMALE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTORING; PILOT STUDY; SEXUAL ABUSE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOMELESS YOUTH; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTORS; PILOT PROJECTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862217284     PISSN: 00952990     EISSN: 10979891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00952990.2011.643985     Document Type: Article

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