Alcohol use and popularity: Social payoffs from conforming to peers' behavior

Journal of Research on Adolescence

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 559-568

  Balsa, Ana I ^a   Homer, Jenny F ^b   French, Michael T ^b   Norton, Edward C ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE MONTEVIDEO   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 80051577372     PISSN: 10508392     EISSN: 15327795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-7795.2010.00704.x     Document Type: Article

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