title: Psychological aspects of drug-taking behavior.
abstract: A review of recent research identifying antecedents and correlates of drug-taking behavior is presented, together with a brief discussion of their implications for prevention of drug use. Emphasis is given to the need to perceive drug-taking behavior as a multidimensional phenomenon, in which the choice of drug, personality, and social factors, among many other variables, need to be interrelated. The efficacy of an interactionist approach is presented as a means of furthering an understanding of drug-taking behavior.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D010379:Peer Group; D010551:Personality; D012931:Social Environment; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*