Misperception of college drinking norms: Ethnic/race differences

Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 17-30

  Rice, Christopher ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol use; Discrepancy; Norm challenge; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34447285513     PISSN: 10911359     EISSN: 15403556     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J137v14n04_02     Document Type: Article

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