Motives for drinking, alcohol consumption, and alcohol-related problems among British secondary-school and university students

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2147-2157

  Cox, W Miles ^a   Hosier, Steven G ^a   Crossley, Sophie ^a   Kendall, Becky ^a   Roberts, Katherine L ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption; Alcohol related problem; British students; Motives for drinking; Secondary school students; University students

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; SCHOOLS; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; WALES;

EID: 33750049352     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2006.02.023     Document Type: Article

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