Social normative perceptions of alcohol use and episodic heavy drinking among Central and Eastern European adolescents

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 43, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 361-373

  Page, Randy M ^a   Ihasz, Ferenc ^b   Hantiu, Iacob ^c   Simonek, Jaromir ^d   Klarova, Renata ^e  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WEST HUNGARY   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ORADEA   (Romania)

^d The Philosopher University in Nitra Geoinformatics and Regional Development   (Slovakia)

^e MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Alcohol use; Episodic heavy drinking; Peer behavior; Risk taking; Social norms; Substance use prevention

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; PERCEPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CHILD; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 41349086717     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10826080701202866     Document Type: Article

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