Self-Control, Symptomatology, and Substance Use Precursors: Test of a Theoretical Model in a Community Sample of 9-Year-Old Children

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 205-215

  Wills, Thomas A ^a   Ainette, Michael G ^a   Mendoza, Don ^a   Gibbons, Frederick X ^b   Brody, Gene H ^c  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Statistics Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence Iowa State University 2438 Osborn Dr Ames

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

children and adolescents; self control; substance use; symptomatology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF CONTROL; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL; WELLBEING;

CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PEER GROUP; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 34548859025     PISSN: 0893164X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0893-164X.21.2.205     Document Type: Article

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