Racial identification, racial composition, and substance use vulnerability among african american adolescents and young adults

Health Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 237-247

  Stock, Michelle L ^a   Gibbons, Frederick X ^b   Gerrard, Meg ^c   Houlihan, Amy E ^d   Weng, Chih Yuan ^b   Lorenz, Fred O ^e   Simons, Ronald L ^f  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI   (United States)

^e IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Prototype willingness model; Racial composition; Racial identity; Substance use

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CAUCASIAN; COGNITION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FRIEND; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; NEIGHBORHOOD; PEER GROUP; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RACIAL IDENTITY; SMOKING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PEER GROUP; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK-TAKING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881125131     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: 19307810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0030149     Document Type: Article

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