A cross-cultural investigation of college student alcohol consumption: A classification tree analysis

Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 5-20

  Kitsantas, Panagiota ^a   Kitsantas, Anastasia ^a   Anagnostopoulou, Tanya ^b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Hellenic Institute of Psychology and Health   (Greece)

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption; Classification tree analysis; College students; Cross cultural study

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 40449139942     PISSN: 00223980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JRLP.142.1.5-20     Document Type: Article

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