Alcohol expectancies for social facilitation: A short form with decreased bias

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1536-1546

  Mackintosh, Margaret Anne ^a   Earleywine, Mitch ^b   Dunn, Michael E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Alcohol expectancies; Alcohol use; Psychometrics; Rasch model

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL EXPECTANCY QUESTIONNAIRE ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; HUMAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RASCH ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL FACILITATION; STUDENTS;

EID: 33746732219     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2005.11.009     Document Type: Article

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