Validation of a self-efficacy scale to predict adolescent smoking

Health Education Research

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1989, Pages 351-360

  Lawrance, Lyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; EMOTIONAL STRESS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SELF EVALUATION; SHORT SURVEY; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 0024442951     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/4.3.351     Document Type: Article

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