The roles of help-seeking from informal sources and social support in their association with
psychosocial outcomes during adolescence remain unclear. Yet, help-seeking behavior …

This is a systematic review of 30 years (1988‐2017) of empirical research on processes of
religious/spiritual influence in adolescence. We followed a multi‐step process that resulted …

Linear structural equation modeling has become an indispensable methodology for
specifying, estimating, and testing hypothesized interrelationships among a set of …

Objective. To compare early nondrinkers, experimenters, and drinkers on the prevalence of
problem behaviors at grades 7 and 12 and at age 23 (N= 6338, 4265, and 3369 …

Although numerous studies reveal differences in mental health by the structure of one's
family of origin, there remains debate regarding the processes generating these patterns …

PURPOSE: To compare risk and protective factors that influence youth substance use in
Australia and the United States. The two countries have different policy orientations toward …

• Provides step-by-step instructions for students who will be writing their first research
proposal in the social and behavioral sciences.• Each major section is divided into short …

The purpose of this study was to describe aspects of the first alcohol-use experience, and
examine the predictive relations among age of first use, context of alcohol use initiation, and …

This study tested the hypothesis that perceived parenting would show reciprocal relations
with adolescents' problem behavior using longitudinal data from 496 adolescent girls …

This paper contains a systematic review of articles about the relationship between
religiosity/spirituality and alcohol and drug use that were published between 1997 and …