Predicting treatment-seeking behavior: Psychometric properties of a brief self-report scale

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 585-599

  Neff, James Alan ^a,c,d   Zule, William A ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c Univ of Texas Health Science Center ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SELF REPORT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 0034059076     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10826080009147473     Document Type: Article

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