Who drinks and why? A review of socio-demographic, personality, and contextual issues behind the drinking motives in young people

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1844-1857

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

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

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Drinking motives; Literature review; Personality; Reasons for drinking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ETHNIC GROUP; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; GENDER; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; NEUROSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANXIETY; CHILD; CULTURE; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33749653394     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2005.12.028     Document Type: Article

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