Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 40, Issue 4 , Pages 357.e9-357.e18 , April 2007

Social and School Connectedness in Early Secondary School as Predictors of Late Teenage Substance Use, Mental Health, and Academic Outcomes

  • Lyndal Bond, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Adolescent Health, Royal Children’s Hospital, Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne and Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Lyndal Bond, VicHealth Public Health Fellow Centre for Adolescent Health, 2 Gatehouse Street, Parkville Victoria 3052, Australia.
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  • Helen Butler, B.A.(Hons), Dip.Ed., G.Dip. in Adol. Health

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Adolescent Health, Royal Children’s Hospital, Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne and Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia
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  • Lyndal Thomas, B.Sc.(Hons)

      Affiliations

    • Key Centre for Women’s Health in Society, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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  • John Carlin, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute and University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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  • Sara Glover, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Education and Training, Victoria, Australia
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  • Glenn Bowes, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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  • George Patton, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Adolescent Health, Royal Children’s Hospital, Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne and Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia

Received 16 March 2006 ,Accepted 25 October 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2006.10.013

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 40, Issue 4 , Pages 357.e9-357.e18 , April 2007