Addiction as a functional representation

Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 57-62

  Heim, Derek ^a   Davies, John B ^a   Cheyne, Bill ^a   Smallwood, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Addiction; Drugs; Social construction; Social representations; Theories of addiction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034747491     PISSN: 10529284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/casp.575     Document Type: Article

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