The Utility of Locus of Control for Predicting Adolescent Substance Use

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 229-245

  Bearinger, Linda Holm ^a   Blum, Robert William ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adolescent; Locus of control; Structural equation modeling; Substance use

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CONTROL; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CLASS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0031154263     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-240X(199706)20:3<229::AID-NUR6>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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