Religiosity as a protective factor against heavy episodic drinking (HED) in heterosexual, bisexual, gay, and lesbian young adults

Journal of Homosexuality

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1039-1050

  Rostosky, Sharon Scales ^a   Danner, Fred ^a   Riggle, Ellen D B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Binge drinking; Bisexual; Gay; Heavy episodic drinking; Lesbian; Religiosity; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LESBIAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BISEXUALITY; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; RELIGION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956319426     PISSN: 00918369     EISSN: 15403602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00918369.2010.503515     Document Type: Article

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