Why do they do it? A qualitative study of adolescent drinking and driving

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 835-863

  Nygaard, Peter ^a   Waiters, Elizabeth D ^a   Grube, Joel W ^a   Keefe, Deborah ^a  

^a PREVENTION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Drinking and driving; Expectancies and beliefs; Qualitative study

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DRUNKEN DRIVING; FATALITY; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ATTITUDE; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; DATA COLLECTION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; RISK-TAKING;

EID: 0037711324     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/JA-120017613     Document Type: Article

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