Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 40, Issue 2 , Pages 180.e19-180.e26 , February 2007

Development of a Screening Tool to Identify Adolescents Engaged in Multiple Problem Behaviors: The Adolescent Risk Behavior Screen (ARBS)

  • M. Kay Jankowski, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, New Hampshire
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: M. Kay Jankowski, Ph.D., Dartmouth Trauma Interventions Research Center, 1 Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH 03756.
    • ,
  • Harriet J. Rosenberg, M.A.

      Affiliations

    • Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, New Hampshire
    • ,
  • Anjana Sengupta, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, New Hampshire
    • ,
  • Stanley D. Rosenberg, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, New Hampshire
    • ,
  • George L. Wolford, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire

Received 3 March 2006 ,Accepted 18 September 2006.

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PII: S1054-139X(06)00374-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2006.09.016

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 40, Issue 2 , Pages 180.e19-180.e26 , February 2007

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