The efficacy of the social norms approach to substance abuse prevention applied to fraternity men

Journal of the American College Health Association

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 66-71

  Carter, Colleen A ^a   Kahnweiler, William M ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; College students; Fraternities; Perceptions; Social norms

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PEER GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DATA COLLECTION; GEORGIA; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PEER GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL VALUES; STUDENTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 0034263705     PISSN: 07448481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07448480009596286     Document Type: Article

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