Female and male students' intention to accept illicit drugs as a function of their risk perception and risk taking

Swiss Journal of Psychology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 47-56

  Schmid, Holger ^a  

^a SWISS INSTITUTE FOR THE PREVENTION OF ALCOHOL AND DRUG PROBLEMS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Drug use; Gender differences; Risk perception; Risk taking behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032363729     PISSN: 14210185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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