The moderating role of experiential avoidance in the relationship between posttraumatic stress disorder symptom severity and cannabis dependence

Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 273-278

  Bordieri, Michael J ^a   Tull, Matthew T ^a   McDermott, Michael J ^b   Gratz, Kim L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Cannabis misuse; Comorbidity; Emotion regulation; Marijuana dependence; Substance use disorders; Trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84915753556     PISSN: 22121447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcbs.2014.08.005     Document Type: Note

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