Emerging adult versus adult status among college students: Examination of explanatory variables

Adolescence

Volumn 43, Issue 171, 2008, Pages 577-591

  Blinn Pike, Lynn ^a   Worthy, Sheri Lokken ^b   Jonkman, Jeffrey N ^b   Smith, G Rush ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SMOKING; STUDENT;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; RISK-TAKING; SMOKING; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55549116722     PISSN: 00018449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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