Marijuana-related problems and social anxiety: The role of marijuana behaviors in social situations

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 151-156

  Buckner, Julia D ^a   Heimberg, Richard G ^b   Matthews, Russell A ^a   Silgado, Jose ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cannabis; coping motives; marijuana; social anxiety; social avoidance; social phobia

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANNABIS SMOKING; CONVERGENT VALIDITY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; LIEBOWITZ SOCIAL ANXIETY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARIJUANA EFFECT EXPECTANCY QUESTIONNAIRE; MARIJUANA MOTIVES MEASURE; MARIJUANA USE TO COPE WITH SOCIAL ANXIETY SCALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; SOCIAL AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOCIAL PROBLEM; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; CANNABIS ADDICTION; PHOBIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STUDENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; PHOBIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863791436     PISSN: 0893164X     EISSN: 19391501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025822     Document Type: Article

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