Are Drug Experimenters Better Adjusted Than Abstainers and Users?: A Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Marijuana Use

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 488-494

  Tucker, Joan S ^a   Ellickson, Phyllis L ^a   Collins, Rebecca L ^a   Klein, David J ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Abstainers; Adolescence; Experimenters; Frequent users; Longitudinal; Marijuana; Young adulthood

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CANNABIS;

ABSTINENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALADJUSTMENT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PEER GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SCHOOL; SELF REPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; OREGON; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 33748535449     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2006.03.012     Document Type: Article

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