Sociodemographic factors, religiosity, academic performance, and substance use among first-year university students in South Africa

Psychological Reports

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 105-113

  Peltzer, Karl ^a   Malaka, Dorothy W ^b   Phaswana, Nancy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; STUDENTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0036689141     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.2002.91.1.105     Document Type: Article

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