Measuring readiness to change for problematic consumption of prescription drugs: Development of an adapted and shortened Readiness to Change Questionnaire

Addiction Research and Theory

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 110-118

  Crackau, Brit ^a   Loehrmann, Ira ^a   Zahradnik, Anne ^a   Otto, Christiane ^a   John, Ulrich ^b   Bischof, Gallus ^a   Rumpf, Hans Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Prescription drugs; Questionnaire; Stages of change

Indexed keywords

EID: 76149111147     PISSN: 16066359     EISSN: 14767392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/16066350802699310     Document Type: Article

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