Credibility of Sources of Information about Drugs
- 1 February 1975
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Reports
- Vol. 36 (1), 299-309
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1975.36.1.299
Abstract
Several samples of youthful drug users and non-users were asked to rate the credibility of a variety of sources of information about drugs. For both users and non-users these sources can be scaled along dimensions of authority, drug experience, and friendship. The profile of credibility of these sources differed markedly for users and non-users. There are clear implications of these findings for drug education and drug counseling.Keywords
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