Temperament related to early-onset substance use: Test of a developmental model

Prevention Science

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 145-163

  Wills, Thomas A ^a,b   Cleary, Sean ^b,c   Filer, Marnie ^a   Shinar, Ori ^a,d   Mariani, John ^a   Spera, Karen ^a  

^a YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MERCY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Early onset; Epigenetic theory; Self control; Substance use; Temperament

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; ONSET AGE; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; TEMPERAMENT; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE OF ONSET; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PEER GROUP; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SAMPLING STUDIES; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 0035463504     PISSN: 13894986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011558807062     Document Type: Article

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