Targeting misperceptions of descriptive drinking norms: Efficacy of a computer-delivered personalized normative feedback intervention

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 434-447

  Neighbors, Clayton ^a   Larimer, Mary E ^b   Lewis, Melissa A ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ATTITUDE; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 1242335716     PISSN: 0022006X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-006X.72.3.434     Document Type: Article

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