The links between religiosity, childhood sexual abuse, and subsequent marijuana use: An empirical inquiry of a sample of female college students

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 937-954

  Chu, Doris C ^a  

^a ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

childhood sexual abuse; church attendance; college students; marijuana use; religion; religiosity; religious attitude; sexual abuse; sexual victimization; strain; substance use

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RACE; RELIGION; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY; VICTIM;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CRIME VICTIMS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MARIJUANA ABUSE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RELIGION; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865966598     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: 15526933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X11413560     Document Type: Article

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