Acculturation, social self-control, and substance use among Hispanic adolescents

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 674-686

  Pokhrel, Pallav ^a   Herzog, Thaddeus A ^a   Sun, Ping ^b   Rohrbach, Louise A ^b   Sussman, Steve ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Social self control; Substance use

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FRIEND; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MEXICAN; MEXICAN AMERICAN; PARENT; PEER GROUP; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SELF CONTROL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; PEER GROUP; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884644705     PISSN: 0893164X     EISSN: 19391501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0032836     Document Type: Article

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