Effects of alcohol and alcohol expectancy on perceptions of opposite-sex facial attractiveness in university students

Addiction Research and Theory

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 359-368

  Neave, Nick ^a   Tsang, Carmen ^a   Heather, Nick ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Expectancy; Opposite sex attractiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 50149117191     PISSN: 16066359     EISSN: 14767392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16066350801900222     Document Type: Article

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