Development of a self-report format of ASSIST with university students

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1152-1158

  Barreto, Heloisa Arruda Gomm ^a   de Oliveira Christoff, Adriana ^a   Boerngen Lacerda, Roseli ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

ASSIST; Consistency; Screening; Students; Substance use; University

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CANNABIS; COCAINE;

ALCOHOL SMOKING AND SUBSTANCE INVOLVEMENT SCREENING TEST; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PROGRAM ACCEPTABILITY; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SUBSTANCE USE; TOBACCO; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; BRAZIL; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SMOKING; STANDARDS; STUDENT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; UNIVERSITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; BRAZIL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SMOKING; STUDENTS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898662206     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: 18736327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2014.03.014     Document Type: Article

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