Drink and be merry? Gender, life satisfaction, and alcohol consumption among college students

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 184-191

  Murphy, James G ^a,c   McDevitt Murphy, Meghan E ^a,c   Barnett, Nancy P ^b,c  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AFFECT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 22044438500     PISSN: 0893164X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0893-164X.19.2.184     Document Type: Article

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