Social influences on young adults' alcohol consumption: Norms, modeling, pressure, socializing, and conformity

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 187-197

  Oostveen, Ton ^a   Knibbe, Ronald ^a   De Vries, Hein ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; SOCIAL LIFE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0029932314     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0306-4603(95)00052-6     Document Type: Article

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