Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 47, Issue 1 , Pages 35-42 , July 2010

The Moderating Role of Close Friends in the Relationship Between Conduct Problems and Adolescent Substance Use

  • Beate Glaser, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • The MRC Centre for Causal Analyses in Translational Epidemiology, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
    • Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Katherine H. Shelton, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Marianne B.M. van den Bree, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychological Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Marianne B. M. van den Bree, Ph.D., Department of Psychological Medicine, Cardiff University, Heath Park, Cardiff, CF14 4XN.

Received 26 May 2009 ,Accepted 21 December 2009.

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PII: S1054-139X(09)00706-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2009.12.022

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 47, Issue 1 , Pages 35-42 , July 2010

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