Perceived discrimination and longitudinal increases in adolescent substance use: gender differences and mediational pathways.

Abstract

Results are consistent with the hypothesis that high levels of discrimination are linked to increases in substance use for African American male adolescents.

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Subjects

• Adolescent
• Adolescent Behavior
• African Americans
• Child
• Female
• Georgia
• Humans
• Longitudinal Studies
• Male
• Prejudice
• Sex Factors
• Socioeconomic Factors
• Substance-Related Disorders

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Authors

• Gene H Brody
• Steven M Kogan
• Yi-Fu Chen

Publication date

2012-04-12

Journal

Journal topics

• Public Health

Language

Eng.

Copyright

American journal of public health

University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA. gbrody [at] uga.edu

Release reference

Am J Public Health. 2012 May;102(5):1006-11

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