Ethnic Differences and the Closing of the Sex Gap in Alcohol Use Among College-Bound Students

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 240-248

  Corbin, William R ^a   Vaughan, Ellen L ^b   Fromme, Kim ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

alcohol use; approval of drinking; college bound students; ethnic and sex differences; Latinos

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAMILY INTERACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PEER GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; ASIAN AMERICANS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PEER GROUP; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; SOCIAL FACILITATION; SOCIAL VALUES; STUDENTS;

EID: 44849125086     PISSN: 0893164X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0893-164X.22.2.240     Document Type: Article

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