Social environmental selection as a mediator of gender, ethnic, and personality effects on college student drinking

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 226-234

  Kahler, Christopher W ^a   Read, Jennifer P ^a   Wood, Mark D ^b   Palfai, Tibor P ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Box G BH ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COLLEGE STUDENT; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; PERSONALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SENSATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSATION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL FACILITATION; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 0141459258     PISSN: 0893164X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0893-164X.17.3.226     Document Type: Article

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