Stepping Through the Drug Use Sequence: Longitudinal Scalogram Analysis of Initiation and Regular Use

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 1992, Pages 441-451

  Ellickson, Phyllis L ^a   Hays, Ron D ^a   Bell, Robert M ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; COCAINE; ILLICIT DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CALIFORNIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0026653492     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-843X.101.3.441     Document Type: Article

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