Social identities as pathways into and out of addiction

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue NOV, 2015, Pages

  Dingle, Genevieve A ^a   Cruwys, Tegan ^a   Frings, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Social identity; Social support; Substance misuse; Thematic analysis; Treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949675628     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01795     Document Type: Article

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