Alcohol Use by Undergraduate Students on Their 21st Birthday: Predictors of Actual Consumption, Anticipated Consumption, and Normative Beliefs

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 695-701

  Day Cameron, Jennifer M ^a   Muse, Lauren ^a   Hauenstein, Jennifer ^a   Simmons, Lisa ^a   Correia, Christopher J ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

21st birthday; alcohol; college students; normative beliefs; personality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; PERSONALITY; PREDICTION; UNITED STATES;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANNIVERSARIES AND SPECIAL EVENTS; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73949140473     PISSN: 0893164X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017213     Document Type: Article

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