Attributions of responsibility for addiction: The effects of gender and type of substance

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 700-708

  Hatgis, Christina ^a   Friedmann, Peter D ^b,c   Wiener, Morton ^d  

^a RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PROVIDENCE VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Alcohol; College students; Drug use; Recovery; Responsibility attributions; Substance use and misuse

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FINANCIAL SUPPORT; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; SEX FACTORS; STREET DRUGS; STUDENTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNIVERSITIES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 41949128538     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10826080701202734     Document Type: Article

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