Expanding the Traditional User Versus Non-User Dichotomy Amongst Ecstasy Users

Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 15-28

  McMillan, Brian ^a   Sherlock, Kellie ^a   Conner, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Availability; Ecstasy; Guilt; Morality; Normative influence; Resistance; User non user groups

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037273673     PISSN: 10529284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/casp.704     Document Type: Article

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