Predicting Alcohol Consumption: The Influences of Perceived Opposite-Sex Peer Expectancies and Drinking Behavior

Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 73-84

  Mooney, Debra K ^a   Gilbert, Brenda O ^b  

^a XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Consumption; Expectancies; Gender; Peer

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033275177     PISSN: 1067828X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J029v09n01_04     Document Type: Article

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