Self-Image Bias in Drug Use Attributions

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 645-651

  Monk, Rebecca L ^a   Heim, Derek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Addiction; Attribution; Drug use; Functional; Self image bias

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STUDENTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83755219568     PISSN: 0893164X     EISSN: 19391501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025685     Document Type: Article

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