Self-medication and violent behavior
By: Michael K. Ostrowsky.
Series: Criminal justice recent scholarship
Publisher: LFB Scholarly Pub.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: El Paso
Language: eng
Number of pages: 249
ISBN-13: 9781593322991
Subjects: Teenagers -- Alcohol use; Alcoholism -- Psychological aspects; Teenagers -- Drug use; Marijuana abuse; Violence; Self medication
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The causes and consequences of drug use; title: Exploring the relationships between self-esteem, depression, alcohol use, and marijuana use; title: Does alcohol use lead to violent behavior?; title: Does marijuana use lead to violent behavior?; title: Khantzian's self-medication hypothesis; title: Overview of the study, sample, measures, and path model; title: Bivariate findings regarding delf-medication and violent behavior; title: Multivariate findings regarding self-medication and violent behavior; title: Implications and prevention.