Emotional distress, alcohol use, and peer violence among Mexican-American and European-American adolescents

To examine the longitudinal relations among emotional distress, alcohol use, and peer-directed violence. Interviews were conducted with 297 young adolescents, randomly selected from the membership lists of a large health maintenance organization. Participants were aged 12-15 years, 55% were male, an...

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Published in:	Journal of adolescent health Vol. 37; no. 1; pp. 11 - 18
Main Authors:	TSCHANN, Jeanne M, FLORES, Elena, PASCH, Lauri A, VANOSS MARIN, Barbara
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY Elsevier Science 01-07-2005
Subjects:	Addictive behaviors Adolescent Adolescent Behavior Adolescents Adult and adolescent clinical studies Affective Symptoms - etiology Alcohol consumption Alcohol Drinking - epidemiology Alcoholism Biological and medical sciences Child Depression European American people Female Humans Longitudinal studies Male Medical sciences Mexican American people Mexican Americans Mood disorders Peers Psychological distress Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychopathology. Psychiatry Sex Factors United States - epidemiology Violence Violence - ethnology Violence - statistics & numerical data United States North America America Social environment Adolescence Fighting Prevalence Anxiety disorder Mental health Sex Alcohol Latinamerican Alcoholic beverage Public health Human Mood disorder Consumption Peer relation Emotional distress Violence Depression Emotion emotionality Firearms Ethnic group Symptomatology Psychological distress Follow up study Sociodemographic factor Adolescent Caucasoid Comparative study
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