Group Identification as a Moderator of the Relationship Between Perceived Social Norms and Alcohol Consumption

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 522-528

  Neighbors, Clayton ^a,b,c   LaBrie, Joseph W ^a,b,c   Hummer, Justin F ^a,b,c   Lewis, Melissa A ^a,b,c   Lee, Christine M ^a,b,c   Desai, Sruti ^a,b,c   Kilmer, Jason R ^a,b,c   Larimer, Mary E ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Identification; Social identity; Social norms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COLLEGE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROUP IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; MALE; ONLINE SYSTEM; PREDICTION; SOCIAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; SOCIAL NORM;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957284004     PISSN: 0893164X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019944     Document Type: Article

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