Event- and context-specific normative misperceptions and high-risk drinking: 21st birthday celebrations and football tailgating

Journal of Studies on Alcohol

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 282-289

  Neighbors, Clayton ^a   Oster Aaland, Laura ^a,b   Bergstrom, Rochelle L ^a,c   Lewis, Melissa A ^a,b  

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

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY MOORHEAD   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FOOTBALL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PEER GROUP; PERCEPTION; STUDENT;

EID: 33244455908     PISSN: 0096882X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15288/jsa.2006.67.282     Document Type: Article

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