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Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy Volume 22, 2015 - Issue 3
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Motivations for prescription drug misuse among young adults: Considering social and developmental contexts

Amy LeClairInstitute for Health, Health Care Policy, & Aging Research, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA,
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Brian C. KellyDepartment of Sociology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA, Correspondence[email protected]
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Mark PawsonDepartment of Sociology, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, New York, NY, USA, and
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Brooke E. WellsDepartment of Psychology, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, New York, NY, USA, and ;Department of Psychology, Hunter College, New York, NY, USA
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Jeffrey T. ParsonsDepartment of Psychology, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, New York, NY, USA, and ;Department of Psychology, Hunter College, New York, NY, USA
Pages 208-216 | Received 15 May 2014, Accepted 13 Mar 2015, Published online: 14 Apr 2015

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Mark Pawson & Brian C. Kelly. (2022) Balancing consumption and constraint: Binge drinking, stimulant misuse, and relational capital among young adults. Social Science & Medicine 309, pages 115244.
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Annekatrin Steinhoff, Laura Bechtiger, Denis Ribeaud, Manuel P. Eisner, Boris B. Quednow & Lilly Shanahan. (2022) Polysubstance Use in Early Adulthood: Patterns and Developmental Precursors in an Urban Cohort. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 15.
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Chrystyna D. Kouros, Lauren M. Papp, Brian C. Kelly & Shari M. Blumenstock. (2021) College-based social and situational predictors of real-time prescription drug misuse in daily life. Drug and Alcohol Dependence 227, pages 108969.
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Beifang Fan, Wanxing Wang, Tian Wang, Bo Xie, Huimin Zhang, Yuhua Liao, Ciyong Lu & Lan Guo. (2020) Problematic Internet Use, Non-Medical Use of Prescription Drugs, and Depressive Symptoms among Adolescents: A Large-Scale Study in China. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17:3, pages 774.
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Jeanett Bjønness. (2019) Målrettethed og kontrol. Norsk sosiologisk tidsskrift 3:6, pages 394-410.
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Maitena Milhet. (2018) Les médicaments détournés de leur usage médical par les jeunes : une revue de la littérature. Psychotropes Vol. 23:3, pages 105-123.
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Xiaozhao Y. Yang & Tingzhong Yang. (2017) Nonmedical Prescription Drug Use Among Adults in Their Late Twenties: The Importance of Social Bonding Trajectories. Journal of Drug Issues 47:4, pages 665-678.
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