College Student Drinking and Meaning in the Pursuit of Life Goals

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 131-134

  Palfai, Tibor P ^a   Weafer, Jessica ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; College students; Goals; Motivation; Social environmental context

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 33745960632     PISSN: 0893164X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0893-164X.20.2.131     Document Type: Article

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