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Peer reviewedGriffin, Kenneth W.; Epstein, Jennifer A.; Botvin, Gilbert J.; Spoth, Richard L. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2001
Studied the mechanisms by which social competence may be associated with substance use during early adolescence in a sample of 1,568 rural junior high school students. Structural equation modeling indicated that social competence had a direct protective association with substance use. Discusses mediating factors. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Interpersonal Competence, Junior High School Students, Junior High Schools
