Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 36, Issue 6 , Page 529 , June 2005

The impact of adolescent spirituality on depressive symptoms and health risk behaviors

  • Sian Cotton, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Health Services Research and Development, Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
    • Department of Family Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
    • Institute for Health Policy and Health Services Research, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Sian Cotton, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine, Institute for Health Policy and Health Services Research & Department of Family Medicine, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, PO Box 670840, Cincinnati, OH 45267-0840.
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  • Elizabeth Larkin, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Adolescent Health, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio
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  • Andrea Hoopes, B.A.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Adolescent Health, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio
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  • Barbara A. Cromer, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Adolescent Health, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio
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  • Susan L. Rosenthal, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Adolescent & Behavioral Health, Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas, Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas

Received 23 December 2003 ,Revised 30 July 2004

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PII: S1054-139X(04)00439-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2004.07.017

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 36, Issue 6 , Page 529 , June 2005

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