Adolescent work intensity, school performance, and substance use: Links vary by race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2125-2134

  Bachman, Jerald G ^a   Staff, Jeremy ^b   O'Malley, Patrick M ^a   Freedman Doan, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational attainment; Race ethnicity; Socioeconomic status; Student employment; Substance use

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICANS; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; SOCIAL CLASS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84887546385     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0031464     Document Type: Article

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