Marijuana use, risk perception, and consequences: Is perceived risk congruent with reality?

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 3026-3033

  Kilmer, Jason R ^a,c   Hunt, Scott B ^b   Lee, Christine M ^c   Neighbors, Clayton ^c  

^a EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b FIELDING GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

College students; Consequences; Intervention; Marijuana; Prevention; Risk perception

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; COLLEGE STUDENT; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; PEER GROUP; PERCEPTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS;

EID: 34748822441     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2007.07.009     Document Type: Article

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