Drug use trajectories among minority youth. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Yonette F. Thomas, LeShawndra N. Price, editors.
• Editors: Thomas, Yonette F; Price, LeShawndra N
• Contents: Introduction -- Overview and perspectives -- Developmental trajectories of drug use among Whites and African Americans: evidence for the crossover hypothesis -- The crossover effect -- An agenda for longitudinal research on substance use and abuse with Hispanics in the U.S. and with Latin American populations -- The stress of discrimination: a possible influence on drug use trajectory? -- Race/ethnicity, religiosity and differences and similarities in American adolescents' substance use -- Racial differences in substance use: using longitudinal data to fill gaps in knowledge -- Predictors of growth trajectories of substance use from 9th to 11th grade among Hispanic adolescences in Southern California -- Predicting change in substance use and substance use cognitions of Mexican origin youth during the transition from childhood to early adolescence -- Prospecting prejudice -- The influence of neighborhood context on exposure to and use of substances among urban African American children -- Trajectories of substance use: academic performance and graduation differentials among African American, Hispanic, and White secondary school students -- The influence of informal social control processes on drug trajectories and delinquent behavior among Mexican American gang members -- Latino youth substance use in states with emerging immigrant communities -- Racial and ethnic influences on mental health and substance use disorders: the case of Caribbean Blacks -- Drug abuse preventative interventions for Hispanic youth -- Patterns of risk behavior change from adolescence to emerging adulthood -- A contextual-genetics approach to adolescent drug use and sexual risk behavior.
• Publisher Details: Dordrecht : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxxviii, 426 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 362.29/08350973; African American youth -- Drug use; Hispanic American youth -- Drug use; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare; African American youth -- Drug use; Substance-Related Disorders; African Americans; Hispanic Americans; Socioeconomic Factors; Adolescent; Models, Statistical; United States; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9789401774918; 9401774919
• Related ISBNs: 9401774897; 9789401774895
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Print version record.
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