Measuring Altruistic and Solidaristic Orientations Toward Others among People Who Inject Drugs

Journal of Addictive Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 2-3, 2015, Pages 248-254

  Friedman, Samuel R ^a   Pouget, Enrique R ^a   Sandoval, Milagros ^a   Jones, Yolanda ^a   Nikolopoulos, Georgios K ^b   Mateu Gelabert, Pedro ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^b IAS NIDA Fellow and Transmission Reduction Intervention Project   (Greece)

Author keywords

Altruism; big events; HIV; injection drug users (IDUs); measures; people who inject drugs; prevention; solidarity; structural interventions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ALTRUISM; ALTRUISM SCALE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALE; PEOPLE WHO INJECT DRUG; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOLIDARITY; SOLIDARITY SCALE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ALTRUISM; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DRUG USERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK-TAKING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84940212911     PISSN: 10550887     EISSN: 15450848     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10550887.2015.1059654     Document Type: Article

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