Life goal appraisal and marijuana use among college students

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 797-802

  Wright, Leslie L ^a   Palfai, Tibor P ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

College student; Goal appraisal; Marijuana; Motivation; Personal projects

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CANNABIS SMOKING; COLLEGE STUDENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860915461     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: 18736327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2012.02.020     Document Type: Article

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