Alcohol and cannabis use among college students: Substitutes or complements?

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 58, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-6

  O'Hara, Ross E ^a,c   Armeli, Stephen ^b   Tennen, Howard ^a  

^a Department of Psychiatry ^*  (United States)

^b FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Persistence Plus LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Cannabis; College student; Complement; Coping; Substitution

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANNABIS USE; COLLEGE STUDENT; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; STRESS MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; CANNABIS SMOKING; COLLEGE DRINKING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INDIVIDUALITY; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL DRINKING IN COLLEGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; MOTIVATION; STUDENTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84958161622     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: 18736327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2016.02.004     Document Type: Article

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