Post-traumatic growth, stressful life events, and relationships with substance use behaviors among alternative high school students: A prospective study

Psychology and Health

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 475-494

  Arpawong, Thalida E ^a   Sussman, Steve ^a,b   Milam, Joel E ^b   Unger, Jennifer B ^b   Land, Helen ^a   Sun, Ping ^b   Rohrbach, Louise A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

high risk; older youth; posttraumatic growth; stressful life events; substance use

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; CANNABIS SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; PEER GROUP; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; PEER GROUP; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STUDENTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84921358625     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: 14768321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870446.2014.979171     Document Type: Article

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