The association between moral disengagement, psychological distress, resistive self-regulatory efficacy and alcohol and cannabis use among adolescents in Sydney, Australia

Addiction Research and Theory

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 261-269

  Newton, Nicola Clare ^a   Havard, Alys ^a   Teesson, Maree ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Alcohol; Cannabis; Moral disengagement; Psychological distress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860473347     PISSN: 16066359     EISSN: 14767392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/16066359.2011.614976     Document Type: Article

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