Addiction and "generation me": Narcissistic and prosocial behaviors of adolescents with substance dependency disorder in comparison to normative adolescents

Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 163-178

  Carter, Rebecca R ^a   Johnson, Shannon M ^a   Exline, Julie J ^b   Post, Stephen G ^c   Pagano, Maria E ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Adolescents; Altruism; Generation me; Narcissism; Substance dependence disorder

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS; ALCOHOLISM; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXHIBITIONISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NARCISSISM; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 84859881738     PISSN: 07347324     EISSN: 15444538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07347324.2012.663286     Document Type: Article

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