What Men Want: The Role of Reflective Opposite-Sex Normative Preferences in Alcohol Use Among College Women

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 157-162

  LaBrie, Joseph W ^a   Cail, Jessica ^a   Hummer, Justin F ^a   Lac, Andrew ^a   Neighbors, Clayton ^b  

^a LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

alcohol; college students; gender; personalized normative feedback; social norms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; DEMOGRAPHY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PEER GROUP; PERSONALIZED NORMATIVE FEEDBACK; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL NORMS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PEER GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63149134418     PISSN: 0893164X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013993     Document Type: Article

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