Temperament and Novelty Seeking in Adolescent Substance Use: Convergence of Dimensions of Temperament with Constructs from Cloninger's Theory

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 387-406

  Wills, Thomas Ashby ^b   Windle, Michael ^a   Cleary, Sean D ^c  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE ON ADDICTIONS   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONTROL; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; TEMPERAMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW YORK; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 0031992267     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.74.2.387     Document Type: Article

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