The association of well-being with health risk behaviors in college-attending young adults

Applied Developmental Science

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 20-36

  Schwartz, Seth J ^a   Waterman, Alan S ^b   Vazsonyi, Alexander T ^c   Zamboanga, Byron L ^d   Whitbourne, Susan Krauss ^e   Weisskirch, Robert S ^f   Vernon, Michael ^e   Caraway, S Jean ^g   Kim, Su Yeong ^h   Forthun, Larry F ⁱ   Donnellan, M Brent ^j   Ham, Lindsay S ^k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b The College of New Jersey   (United States)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^f CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^j MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

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EID: 78951493742     PISSN: 10888691     EISSN: 1532480X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10888691.2011.538617     Document Type: Article

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