Substance abusers: Role of personal and professional role traits in caregivers' causal attributions

Psychological Reports

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 407-413

  Holleman, Marsha Cline ^b   Thornby, John I ^b   Merrill, Joseph M ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTHORITY; CAREGIVER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PERSONALITY TEST; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; ROLE PLAYING;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUTHORITARIANISM; CAREGIVERS; CAUSALITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; ROLE; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0034168156     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.2000.86.2.407     Document Type: Article

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