Lack of sex differences in knowledge of, attitudes about, and behaviors related to substance use in adolescents in a sample of high school students in the northeastern USA

Psychological Reports

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 798-808

  Gatins, Deborah E ^a   White, Royce M ^a  

^a MARIST COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; NEW ENGLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SCHOOLS; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 33748880670     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PR0.98.3.798-808     Document Type: Article

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