Coping motives as moderators of the relationship between emotional distress and alcohol problems in a sample of adolescents involved with child welfare

Advances in Mental Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 67-75

  Goldstein, Abby L ^a   Vilhena Churchill, Natalie ^a   Stewart, Sherry H ^b   Wekerle, Christine ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Alcohol problems; Anxiety; Child welfare; Coping motives; Depression

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873825275     PISSN: 18387357     EISSN: 18374905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/jamh.2012.11.1.67     Document Type: Article

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