Association between sensation seeking and alcohol consumption in French college students: Some ecological data collected in "open bar" parties

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1950-1959

  Legrand, Fabien D ^a   Gomà i freixanet, Montserrat ^b   Kaltenbach, Matthieu L ^a   Joly, Philippe M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c LRC CEA   (France)

Author keywords

College students; Heavy episodic alcohol consumption; Sensation seeking

Indexed keywords

EID: 34648813460     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2007.05.003     Document Type: Article

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