Social motives and the interaction between descriptive and injunctive norms in college student drinking

Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 714-721

  Lee, Christine M ^a   Geisner, Irene Markman ^a   Lewis, Melissa A ^a   Neighbors, Clayton ^a   Larimer, Mary E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 34548713110     PISSN: 19371888     EISSN: 19384114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15288/jsad.2007.68.714     Document Type: Article

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