Psychiatry Research
Volume 166, Issue 2 , Pages 238-246 , 30 April 2009

The interactive effect of anxiety sensitivity and frequency of marijuana use in terms of anxious responding to bodily sensations among youth

  • Julia D. Buckner

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, 389 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT, 06511, USA. Tel.: +1 203 974 5775; Fax: +1 203 562 6355.
    • ,
  • Ellen W. Leen-Feldner

      Affiliations

    • Arkansas Institute of Developmental Science (ArKIDS), University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA
    • ,
  • Michael J. Zvolensky

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, The University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA
    • ,
  • Norman B. Schmidt

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA

Received 25 September 2007 ,Revised 2 January 2008 ,Accepted 16 January 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2008.01.009

Psychiatry Research
Volume 166, Issue 2 , Pages 238-246 , 30 April 2009

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