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Drug Use and Ethnicity in Early Adolescence
Vega, William; Gil, Andres G.
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Description for Drug Use and Ethnicity in Early Adolescence
Hardback. Looks at key risk factors identified with drug use among Hispanic, African-American, and White non-Hispanic adolescents. This title generates hypotheses and general research questions within the context of adolescents' ethnic and social environments. Series: Longitudinal Research in the Social & Behavioral Sciences: an Interdisciplinary S. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFH1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1190.
This book presents new and important information about adolescent drug use. The book is intended for human service professionals, teachers, researchers, and students interested in the issue of early adolescent drug use and its causes and pervasiveness in a multiethnic population. Today, the field of adolescent drug use research relies on integrative models that permit competing explanations of drug use. This approach promotes flexibility in testing hypotheses pertinent to adol- cents of very different social and cultural backgrounds or personal characteristics. Longitudinal studies, including the one presented in these pages, have identified many risk and protective factors or processes that ... Read more
This book presents new and important information about adolescent drug use. The book is intended for human service professionals, teachers, researchers, and students interested in the issue of early adolescent drug use and its causes and pervasiveness in a multiethnic population. Today, the field of adolescent drug use research relies on integrative models that permit competing explanations of drug use. This approach promotes flexibility in testing hypotheses pertinent to adol- cents of very different social and cultural backgrounds or personal characteristics. Longitudinal studies, including the one presented in these pages, have identified many risk and protective factors or processes that ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Springer Science+Business Media United States
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
Series
Longitudinal Research in the Social & Behavioral Sciences: an Interdisciplinary S.
Number of Pages
234
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780306457371
SKU
V9780306457371
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Ref
99-15
Reviews for Drug Use and Ethnicity in Early Adolescence
"The authors...make significant contributions to understanding the complexity of teenage drug use, especially in recognizing the weakness of theories of deviance and pathology...The book includes an excellent and comprehensive bibliography." Choice, October 1998