Utilizing Social Action Theory as a framework to determine correlates of illicit drug use among young men who have sex with men

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 78-88

  Traube, Dorian E ^a   Holloway, Ian W ^a   Schrager, Sheree M ^b   Kipke, Michele D ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

emerging adults; illicit drug use; social action theory; young men who have sex with men (YMSM)

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG; STREET DRUG;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THEORY; COMPARATIVE FIT INDEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; DRUG ABUSE; ETHNICITY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; MENTAL STRESS; MOTIVATION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERROR OF APPROXIMATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ACTION THEORY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TUCKER LEWIS INDEX; ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; HOMOSEXUALITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEN; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863799803     PISSN: 0893164X     EISSN: 19391501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0024191     Document Type: Article

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