Temperament and Adolescent Substance Use: A Transactional Analysis of Emerging Self-Control

Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 69-81

  Wills, Thomas Ashby ^a   Dishion, Thomas J ^b,c  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c Child and Family Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROL; EGO DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIALIZATION; TEMPERAMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; PARENTING; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL FACILITATION; SOCIALIZATION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TEMPERAMENT; TRANSACTIONAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 1542718366     PISSN: 15374416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15374424JCCP3301_7     Document Type: Review

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