Reliability and validity of self-report measures to evaluate drug and violence prevention programs

Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 17-51

  Komro, Kelli A ^a   Perry, Cheryl L ^a   Munson, Karen A ^a   Stigler, Melissa H ^a   Farbakhsh, Kian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Alcohol; Marijuana; Measurement; Psychometric; Tobacco; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 2542511719     PISSN: 1067828X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J029v13n03_02     Document Type: Article

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