Marijuana Use from Middle to High School: Co-occurring Problem Behaviors, Teacher-Rated Academic Skills and Sixth-Grade Predictors

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1929-1940

  Ehrenreich, Heidi ^a   Nahapetyan, Lusine ^b   Orpinas, Pamela ^c   Song, Xiao ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL   (United States)

^b SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic performance; Adolescent marijuana use; Early adolescence; Group based modeling; Marijuana trajectories; Problem behaviors; Teacher ratings

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGGRESSION; CANNABIS ADDICTION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGGRESSION; ALCOHOL DRINKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; PEER GROUP; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SMOKING; STUDENTS;

EID: 84941316652     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-014-0216-6     Document Type: Article

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