Reasons for Abstaining or Limiting Drinking: A Developmental Perspective

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 428-442

  Epler, Amee J ^a   Sher, Kenneth J ^a   Piasecki, Thomas M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

alcohol drinking attitudes; alcohol drinking patterns; cognitions; longitudinal studies; motivation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; RELIGION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; CULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIALIZATION; STUDENTS; TEMPERANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350101298     PISSN: 0893164X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015879     Document Type: Article

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