Can Marijuana Reduce Social Pain?

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 131-139

  Deckman, Timothy ^a   DeWall, C Nathan ^a   Way, Baldwin ^b   Gilman, Rich ^c   Richman, Stephanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

depression; health; loneliness; longitudinal methodology; neuroscience; ostracism; social exclusion; well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893580512     PISSN: 19485506     EISSN: 19485514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1948550613488949     Document Type: Article

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