Psychosocial Correlates of Adolescent Drug-Taking Behaviour.

Jones, Suzanne P; Heaven, Patrick C. L.

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ERIC Number: EJ573129

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Publication Date: 1998

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Psychosocial Correlates of Adolescent Drug-Taking Behaviour.

Jones, Suzanne P; Heaven, Patrick C. L.

Journal of Adolescence, v21 n2 p127-34 Apr 1998

Tests the extent to which personality, environmental factors, and conventional behaviors predict drug taking among a sample of 199 Australian high school students. Results support the view that personality and environmental factors as well as conventional behaviors are related to drug use. Predictors of drug use vary with the drug in question. (MKA)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior, Drinking, Drug Abuse, Foreign Countries, High School Students, High Schools, Marijuana, Personality, Predictor Variables, Social Environment, Tobacco

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Australia

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