Alcohol Expectancies and Risky Drinking Behaviors Among High School Athletes: "I'd Rather Keep My Head in the Game"

Prevention Science

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 140-149

  Zamboanga, Byron L ^a   Ham, Lindsay S ^b   Olthuis, Janine V ^c   Martens, Matthew P ^d   Grossbard, Joel R ^e   van Tyne, Kathryne ^a,f  

^a SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Alcohol expectancies; Athletics; Drinking games; Hazardous alcohol use

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SPORT; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW ENGLAND; RISK FACTORS; SPORTS; STUDENTS;

EID: 84858290586     PISSN: 13894986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11121-011-0252-3     Document Type: Article

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