Making the transition from high school to college: The role of alcohol‐related social influence factors in students' drinking

Substance Abuse

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 53-65

  Read, Jennifer P ^a   Wood, Mark D ^b   Davidoff, Orion J ^b   McLacken, Julie ^b   Campbell, James F ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Binge drinking; College; Perceived norms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; COLLEGE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENDER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; HUMAN RELATION; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SCHOOL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ALCOHOLISM; ATTITUDE; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PEER GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 0036491795     PISSN: 08897077     EISSN: 15470164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08897070209511474     Document Type: Article

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