Drug Use and Ethnicity in Early Adolescence, 98199th Edition, 9781475785852
Paperback
This book presents new and important information about adolescent drug use. Our point of departure is to extend and elaborate descriptive research and models of adolescent drug research to cover the unique and diverse experiences of adolescents who are Hispanic, African American, and White non-Hispanic.
  • Paperback

    234 pages

  • Release Date

    23 March 2013

Summary

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 …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781475785852
ISBN-10:1475785852
Author:Andres G. Gil, William A. Vega
Publisher:Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:234
Edition:98199th
Release Date:23 March 2013
Weight:549g
Dimensions:235mm x 155mm
Series:Longitudinal Research in the Social and Behavioral Sciences: An Interdisciplinary Series
What They're Saying

Critics Review

“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

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