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Drug Usage in Relation to Locus of Control

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 May 2015

Leo Marai
Leo Marai*
Affiliation:
University of New South Wales
*
School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, PO Box 123, Kensington, 2033, Australia
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Abstract

This study evaluated relationships between the use of psychoactive drugs, susceptibility to social influence, and locus of control in a sample of 79 Papua New Guinean university students. Contrary to expectations, drug users did not differ from nonusers in either locus of control or in susceptibility to social influence.

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Information
South Pacific Journal of Psychology , Volume 6 , 1993 , pp. 18 - 19
Copyright
Copyright © University of Papua New Guinea & University of Central Queensland 1993

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