The effect of legitimacy and intimacy on peer interventions into alcohol abuse

Western Journal of Communication

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 49-68

  Malis, Rachel S ^a   Roloff, Michael E ^b  

^a BRADLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol Abuse; Intimacy; Legitimacy; Meta Goals; Social Confrontation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947146124     PISSN: 10570314     EISSN: 17451027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10570310701199186     Document Type: Article

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