Alcohol-impaired driving behavior and sensation-seeking disposition in a college population receiving routine care at campus health services centers

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 380-386

  Zakletskaia, Larissa I ^a   Mundt, Marlon P ^a   Balousek, Stacey L ^a   Wilson, Ellen L ^a   Fleming, Michael F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; College students; Impaired driving; Sensation seeking

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; COLLEGE STUDENTS; COVARIATES; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; HEALTH SCREENINGS; HEALTH SERVICES; IMPAIRED DRIVING; INDEPENDENT PREDICTORS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION MODELS; MOTOR VEHICLE CRASHES; RISKY DRIVINGS; SENSATION SEEKING; STUDENT DEMOGRAPHICS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; HEALTH RISKS; LOCATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

STUDENTS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEX FACTORS; STUDENT HEALTH SERVICES; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64849102908     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2008.12.006     Document Type: Article

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