Predictors of initial AA-related helping: Findings from project MATCH

Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 117-125

  Pagano, Maria E ^a   Zemore, Sarah E ^a,b   Onder, Casey C ^a   Stout, Robert L ^a,c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PSYCHOPATHY; RELIGION; SELF CONCEPT; ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HEALTH SERVICE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TIME; VOLUNTARY WORKER;

ADULT; ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS; ALCOHOLISM; CULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; RELIGION; TIME FACTORS; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

EID: 62749151898     PISSN: 19371888     EISSN: 19384114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15288/jsad.2009.70.117     Document Type: Article

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