Drinking likelihood, alcohol problems, and peer influence among first-year college students

American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 433-440

  Talbott, Laura L ^a,c   Martin, Ryan J ^b   Usdan, Stuart L ^b   Leeper, James D ^b   Umstattd, M Rénee ^b   Cremeens, Jennifer L ^b   Geiger, Brian F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol problems; College alcohol; Freshman; Peer influence

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; COLLEGE; COLLEGE ALCOHOL PROBLEMS SCALE; COLLEGE STUDENT; DEMOGRAPHY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRINKING CONTEXT SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PEER PRESSURE; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL MODELING SCALE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PEER GROUP; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 46249093137     PISSN: 00952990     EISSN: 10979891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00952990802122655     Document Type: Article

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