Alcohol outcome expectancies and drinking motives mediate the association between sensation seeking and alcohol use among adolescents

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1344-1352

  Urbán, Róbert ^a   Kökönyei, Gyöngyi ^a   Demetrovics, Zsolt ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Alcohol; Drinking motives; Outcome expectancies; Sensation seeking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTECEDENT VARIABLE; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME VARIABLE; SELF REPORT; SENSATION; SEX RATIO; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNGARY; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 48649090089     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2008.06.006     Document Type: Article

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