Reliability and validity of young adults' anonymous online reports of marijuana use and thoughts about use

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 801-811

  Ramo, Danielle E ^a   Liu, Howard ^a   Prochaska, Judith J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

internet assessment; marijuana; reliability; validity; young adults

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CANNABIS SMOKING; CAUCASIAN; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; ONLINE SYSTEM; RELIABILITY; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; VALIDITY; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; INTERNET; MARIJUANA ABUSE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84863200155     PISSN: 0893164X     EISSN: 19391501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026201     Document Type: Article

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