Substance use in Portuguese and Spanish adolescents: Highlights from differences, similarities and moderating effects

Spanish Journal of Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1024-1037

  Simões, Celeste ^a   Matos, Margarida Gaspar ^a   Moreno, Carmen ^b   Rivera, Francisco ^c   Batista Foguet, Joan M ^d   Simons Morton, Bruce ^e  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT RAMON LLULL   (Spain)

^e EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Alcohol; Cannabis; Social contexts; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PORTUGAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SCHOOL; SMOKING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPAIN; STATISTICAL MODEL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ALCOHOLISM; CHILD; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PORTUGAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; SMOKING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPAIN; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84871242184     PISSN: 11387416     EISSN: 19882904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5209/rev_sjop.2012.v15.n3.39393     Document Type: Article

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