Movie Exposure to Alcohol Cues and Adolescent Alcohol Problems: A Longitudinal Analysis in a National Sample

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 23-35

  Wills, Thomas A ^a   Sargent, James D ^b   Gibbons, Frederick X ^c   Gerrard, Meg ^c   Stoolmiller, Mike ^d  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Department of Statistics Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence Iowa State University 2438 Osborn Dr Ames   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescents; alcohol problems; alcohol use; movies; structural modeling

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONTROL; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; CHILD; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTION PICTURES AS TOPIC; MOTIVATION; PEER GROUP; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL FACILITATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 63149130846     PISSN: 0893164X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014137     Document Type: Article

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