Use and correlates of protective drinking behaviors during the transition to college: Analysis of a national sample

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1008-1014

  Nguyen, Norma ^a   Walters, Scott T ^a   Wyatt, Todd M ^b   DeJong, William ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b Outside The Classroom Inc   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Alcohol prevention; College students; Drinking; Protective behaviors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUNK SENSATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STUDENT ATTITUDE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; RISK-TAKING; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960145993     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: 18736327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2011.06.002     Document Type: Article

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