Social norm influences on evaluations of the risks associated with alcohol consumption: Applying the rank-based decision by sampling model to health judgments

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 57-62

  Wood, Alex M ^a   Brown, Gordon D A ^b   Maltby, John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; RISK-TAKING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84555189480     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: 14643502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agr146     Document Type: Article

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