Persistence and desistance in heavy cannabis use: the role of identity, agency, and life events

Journal of Youth Studies

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 617-633

  Liebregts, Nienke ^a   van der Pol, Peggy ^b   de Graaf, Ron ^b   van Laar, Margriet ^b   van den Brink, Wim ^a   Korf, Dirk J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

agency; cannabis trajectories; desistance; identity; longitudinal; narratives

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926521127     PISSN: 13676261     EISSN: 14699680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13676261.2014.992320     Document Type: Article

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