Health-compromising behaviors among a multi-ethnic sample of canadian high school students: Risk-enhancing effects of discrimination and acculturation

Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 158-178

  Brown, Catherine ^a   Langille, Donald ^a   Tanner, Julian ^b   Asbridge, Mark ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

acculturation; adolescents; Canada; cannabis use; discrimination; drinking; violence

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANNABIS USE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH COMPROMISING BEHAVIOR; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSICAL VIOLENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; VIOLENCE; CANADA; CANNABIS SMOKING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK-TAKING; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; STUDENTS; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901465590     PISSN: 15332640     EISSN: 15332659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15332640.2013.852075     Document Type: Article

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