Exploring gender-specific trends in underage drinking across adolescent age groups and measures of drinking: Is girls' drinking catching up with boys'?

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 911-926

  Zhong, Hua ^a   Schwartz, Jennifer ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age differences; Drinking behavior; Gender differences; Social change; Trends

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PEER GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954244232     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-009-9413-0     Document Type: Article

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