African-American Adolescent Females in the Southeastern United States: Associations Among Risk Factors for Teen Pregnancy

Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 65-77

  Killebrew, Alyssa E ^a   Smith, Michelle L ^a   Nevels, Robert M ^a   Weiss, Nicole H ^a   Gontkovsky, Samuel T ^b  

^a JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b METHODIST REHABILITATION CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; parental closeness; peer substance abuse; pregnancy; social cognitive theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893416627     PISSN: 1067828X     EISSN: 15470652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1067828X.2012.748591     Document Type: Article

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