Psychometric modeling of cannabis initiation and use and the symptoms of cannabis abuse, dependence and withdrawal in a sample of male and female twins

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 118, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 166-172

  Gillespie, Nathan A ^a,b   Kendler, Kenneth S ^a   Neale, Michael C ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abuse; Cannabis; Dependence; Factor mixture; Heterogeneity; Latent class; Latent factor; Withdrawal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACTOR MIXTURE MODELING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATENT CLASS ANALYSIS; LATENT FACTOR ANALYSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TWINS; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ADULT; CANNABIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

CANNABIS;

EID: 80053561731     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2011.03.014     Document Type: Article

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