'I drink spirits to get drunk and block out my problems...' beverage preference, drinking motives and alcohol use in adolescence

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 566-573

  Kuntsche, Emmanuel ^a   Knibbe, Ronald ^b   Gmel, Gerhard ^a,c   Engels, Rutger ^d  

^a SWISS INSTITUTE FOR THE PREVENTION OF ALCOHOL AND DRUG PROBLEMS   (Switzerland)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ARTICLE; BEER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ASPECT; SWITZERLAND; WINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 33748801964     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: 14643502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agl046     Document Type: Article

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