Do competence skills moderate the impact of social influences to drink and perceived social benefits of drinking on alcohol use among inner-city adolescents?

Prevention Science

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 65-73

  Epstein, Jennifer A ^a   Zhou, Xi Kathy ^a   Bang, Heejung ^a   Botvin, Gilbert J ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent drinking; Competence skills; Ethnic minority; Social influences to drink

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL CONFORMITY;

EID: 33847632837     PISSN: 13894986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11121-006-0054-1     Document Type: Article

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