"I Got Your Back": Friends' Understandings Regarding College Student Spring Break Behavior

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 108-120

  Patrick, Megan E ^a   Morgan, Nicole ^b   Maggs, Jennifer L ^b   Lefkowitz, Eva S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol use; Consequences; Peer influence; Sexual behavior; Spring Break

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650513430     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-010-9515-8     Document Type: Article

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