Does Drinking Lead to Sex? Daily Alcohol-Sex Behaviors and Expectancies Among College Students

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 472-481

  Patrick, Megan E ^a   Maggs, Jennifer L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

alcohol use; college; daily data; expectancies; sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIBIDO; MALE; ORAL SEXUAL CONTACT; SAFE SEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; CONDOMS; CULTURE; DRIVE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENTS; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350121950     PISSN: 0893164X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016097     Document Type: Article

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