Life history strategy and young adult substance use

Evolutionary Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 932-957

  Richardson, George B ^a   Chen, Ching Chen ^a   Dai, Chia Liang ^a   Hardesty, Patrick H ^b   Swoboda, Christopher M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Life history strategy; Life history theory; Structural equation modeling; Substance use

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADDICTION; ANXIETY DISORDER; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LIFE EVENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUALITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84918567978     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14747049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/147470491401200506     Document Type: Article

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