Nonmedical prescription drug use among US college students at a Midwest university: A partial test of social learning theory

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 865-887

  Peralta, Robert L ^a   Steele, Jennifer L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

College students; Deviance; NMPD use; Nonmedical prescription drug use; Prescription drug use and misuse; Social learning theory

Indexed keywords

PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERCEPTION; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PILOT PROJECTS; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STUDENTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951834408     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10826080903443610     Document Type: Article

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