Regulatory Self-efficacy as a Moderator of Peer Socialization Relating to Italian Adolescents' Alcohol Intoxication

Social Development

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 522-536

  Rabaglietti, Emanuela ^a   Burk, William J ^b   Giletta, Matteo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Alcohol use; Peer influence; Regulatory self efficacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864013054     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: 14679507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2011.00637.x     Document Type: Article

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