A model of substance abuse risk: Adapting to the Sri Lankan context

Evaluation Review

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 83-97

  Chandrika Ismail, Anne ^a   De Alwis Seneviratne, Rohini ^a   Newcombe, Peter A ^b   Wanigaratne, Shamil ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescent substance use; Confirmatory factor analysis; Delphi process; Reliability; SURPS

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; DELPHI STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SRI LANKA; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SRI LANKA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 58149485011     PISSN: 0193841X     EISSN: 15523926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193841X08325145     Document Type: Article

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