Patterns and correlates of new psychoactive substance use in a sample of Australian high school students

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 338-344

  Champion, Katrina E ^a   Teesson, Maree ^a   Newton, Nicola C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescent; New psychoactive substance; Prevention; Substance use

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; STREET DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; SCHOOLS; SELF EFFICACY; SELF REPORT; STREET DRUGS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84937597806     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: 14653362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dar.12312     Document Type: Article

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