Swiss adolescent drug users' and nonusers' optimism about their future

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 20, 1998, Pages 1889-1902

  Schmid, Holger ^a  

^a Swiss Institute for the Prevention of Alcohol   (Switzerland)

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EID: 0032538211     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.1998.tb01351.x     Document Type: Article

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