Pregaming: An exploratory study of strategic drinking by college students in pennsylvania

Journal of American College Health

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 307-316

  Dejong, William ^a   DeRicco, Beth ^b   Schneider, Shari ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; College students; Drinking; High risk drinking; Pregaming

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; STUDENT; TIME; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PENNSYLVANIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SPORTS; STUDENTS; TIME FACTORS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77149129031     PISSN: 07448481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07448480903380300     Document Type: Article

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