"Youthful epidemic" or diagnostic bias? Differential item functioning of DSM-IV cannabis use criteria in an Australian general population survey

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 408-413

  Mewton, Louise ^a   Teesson, Maree ^a   Slade, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cannabis; DIF; DSM IV criteria; Young adults

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AUSTRALIA; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77049111028     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2009.12.001     Document Type: Article

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