Are Family Meals as Good for Youth as We Think They Are? A Review of the Literature on Family Meals as They Pertain to Adolescent Risk Prevention

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 943-963

  Skeer, Margie R ^a,b   Ballard, Erica L ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent risk; Family meals; Literature review

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; FAMILY RELATION; HUMAN; MEAL; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; RISK; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VIOLENCE;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; FAMILY RELATIONS; HUMANS; MEALS; MENTAL DISORDERS; RISK; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84878776824     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-013-9963-z     Document Type: Review

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