Validation of the Cannabis Expectancy Questionnaire (CEQ) in adult cannabis users in treatment

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 167-174

  Connor, Jason P ^a,b   Gullo, Matthew J ^a,b   Feeney, Gerald F X ^a,b   Young, Ross McD ^a,b,c  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cannabis; Expectancy; Marijuana; Psychometric; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CANNABIS EXPECTANCY QUESTIONNAIRE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPECTANCY; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERNAL RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SELF REPORT; SEVERITY OF DEPENDENCE SCALE CANNABIS; SOCIAL DISABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; CANNABIS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

CANNABIS; CANNABIS SATIVA;

EID: 79955781846     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2010.10.025     Document Type: Article

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