Gender-specific misperceptions of college student drinking norms

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 334-339

  Lewis, Melissa A ^a   Neighbors, Clayton ^b,c  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; PEER GROUP; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL FACILITATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 11144222669     PISSN: 0893164X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0893-164X.18.4.334     Document Type: Article

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