Partying before the party gets started: The effects of descriptive norms on pregaming behavior

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 220-227

  Burger, Jerry M ^a   Lasalvia, Christina T ^a   Hendricks, Lauren A ^a   Mehdipour, Tara ^a   Neudeck, Elise M ^a  

^a SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79961149757     PISSN: 01973533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01973533.2011.589300     Document Type: Article

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