Who do you think is in control in addiction? A pilot study on drug-related locus of control beliefs

Addictive Disorders and their Treatment

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 195-205

  Ersche, Karen D ^a,b   Turton, Abigail J ^a,b   Croudace, Tim ^a   Štochl, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

addiction recovery; drug taking; health professionals; self report measure; substance abuse

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RELATED LOCUS OF CONTROL QUESTIONNAIRE; EXPECTANCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOCUS OF CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; ROTTER INTERNAL EXTERNAL SCALE;

EID: 84870302396     PISSN: 15315754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ADT.0b013e31823da151     Document Type: Article

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