Identifying Two Potential Mechanisms for Changes in Alcohol Use Among College-Attending and Non-College-Attending Emerging Adults

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1625-1639

  White, Helene R ^a   Fleming, Charles B ^b   Kim, Min Jung ^b   Catalano, Richard F ^b   McMorris, Barbara J ^c  

^a The State University of New Jersey

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Ingenix Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

alcohol; college students; drinking; emerging adulthood; peer influence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PEER GROUP; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL FACILITATION; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56549101460     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013855     Document Type: Article

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