Resisting peer pressure: Characteristics associated with other-self discrepancies in college students' levels of alcohol consumption

Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 35-62

  Crawford, Lizabeth A ^a   Novak, Katherine B ^b  

^a BRADLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BUTLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34248547633     PISSN: 00901482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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