Do People Who "Mature Out" of Drinking See Themselves as More Mature

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1212-1218

  Winograd, Rachel P ^a   Littlefield, Andrew K ^a   Sher, Kenneth J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol use; Emerging adulthood; Self perceived maturity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL USE DISORDER; ARTICLE; DSM-III; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATURITY; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; SELF PERCEIVED MATURITY; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; COHORT STUDIES; CONSCIENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 84863774427     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2011.01724.x     Document Type: Article

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