A Biopsychosocial Approach to Examine Mexican American Adolescents’ Academic Achievement and Substance Use

A Biopsychosocial Approach to Examine Mexican American Adolescents’ Academic Achievement and Substance Use

Taking a comprehensive biopsychosocial approach and using a two-wave longitudinal design, this study examines the relation between brain development and the social environment in Mexican American youth’s (N = 41.56 percent female) academic achievement and substance use. We find that both Mexican Ame...

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Main Authors: Yang Qu, Adriana Galván, Andrew J. Fuligni, Eva H. Telzer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Russell Sage Foundation 2018-04-01
Series:RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences
Subjects:
academic achievement
cultural socialization
brain structure
substance use
Online Access:https://www.rsfjournal.org/doi/full/10.7758/RSF.2018.4.4.05

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https://www.rsfjournal.org/doi/full/10.7758/RSF.2018.4.4.05

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