Why my classmates drink: Drinking motives of classroom peers as predictors of individual drinking motives and alcohol use in adolescence-a mediational model

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 536-546

  Kuntsche, Emmanuel ^a   Stewart, Sherry H ^b  

^a SWISS INSTITUTE FOR THE PREVENTION OF ALCOHOL AND DRUG PROBLEMS   (Switzerland)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Alcohol use; Classmates; Drinking motives; Mediation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; COPING BEHAVIOR; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MODEL; MOTIVATION; PEER GROUP; PEER PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STUDENT ATTITUDE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; PEER GROUP; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; SOCIAL FACILITATION; STUDENTS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 65349115313     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: 14617277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105309103573     Document Type: Article

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