Trajectories and Determinants of Alcohol Use Among LGB Young Adults and Their Heterosexual Peers: Results From a Prospective Study

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 81-90

  Hatzenbuehler, Mark L ^a   Corbin, William R ^a   Fromme, Kim ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

alcohol expectancies; alcohol use; LGB young adults; social norms

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LESBIAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PEER GROUP; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; BISEXUALITY; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PEER GROUP; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK-TAKING; SEX FACTORS; SEXUALITY;

EID: 38549102765     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.44.1.81     Document Type: Article

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