Risk and Protective Factors for Drug Use among Latino and White Adolescents.

Felix-Ortiz, Maria; Newcomb, Michael D.

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ERIC Number: EJ450588

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Publication Date: 1992

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Risk and Protective Factors for Drug Use among Latino and White Adolescents.

Felix-Ortiz, Maria; Newcomb, Michael D.

Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, v14 n3 p291-309 Aug 1992

Administered a questionnaire to 677 Latino and white late adolescents (grades 11, 12 and post-high school) examining both risk factors and protective factors related to frequency and/or quantity of cigarette, alcohol, cannabis, cocaine, and hard drug use. Risk and protection accounted for different amounts of variance across the various types of substance use. (KS)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Drug Abuse, High School Students, High Schools, Hispanic Americans, Racial Differences, Substance Abuse, Whites

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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