Pregaming in High School Students: Relevance to Risky Drinking Practices, Alcohol Cognitions, and the Social Drinking Context

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 340-345

  Zamboanga, Byron L ^a   Borsari, Brian ^b   Ham, Lindsay S ^c   Olthuis, Janine V ^d   Van Tyne, Kathryne ^a   Casner, Hilary G ^c  

^a SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Drinking context; Drinking games; Hazardous alcohol use; Pregaming

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EXPECTANCY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; LEISURE; MALE; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPORT;

EID: 79959287288     PISSN: 0893164X     EISSN: 19391501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022252     Document Type: Article

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