Measuring college student drinking: Illustrating the feasibility of a composite drinking scale

Substance Abuse

Volumn 27, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 33-45

  Huang, Jiun Hau ^a   DeJong, William ^b   Schneider, Shari Kessel ^c   Towvim, Laura Gomberg ^c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption; College; Measurement; Psychometric properties; Student

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BINGE DRINKING; COLLEGE; COLLEGE STUDENT; COMPOSITE DRINKING SCALE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL FACILITATION; SOCIAL VALUES; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33749545741     PISSN: 08897077     EISSN: 15470164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J465v27n01_05     Document Type: Article

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