Identifying Russian and Finnish adolescents' problem behaviours

• Published in: Health Education
• Main Authors: Kemppainen, Ulla, Tossavainen, Kerttu, Vartiainen, Erkki, Puska, Pekka, Jokela, Veikko, Pantelejev, Vladimir, Uhanov, Mihail
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Emerald 2007
• Subjects: Pitkäranta; karelia*
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/09654280710716897; http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full-xml/10.1108/09654280710716897; https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/09654280710716897/full/xml; https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/09654280710716897/full/html

Purpose The purpose of the paper is to show that a syndrome of problem behaviours, i.e. early substance abuse, school and family problems and sexual promiscuity impairs normal development in adolescence. This comparative study looked for differences in the problem behaviour profiles of 15‐year‐old a...