Drinking to Fit in: Examining the Need to Belong as a Moderator of Perceptions of Best Friends' Alcohol Use and Related Risk Cognitions Among College Students

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 313-321

  Litt, Dana M ^a   Stock, Michelle L ^b   Lewis, Melissa A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84864632140     PISSN: 01973533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01973533.2012.693357     Document Type: Article

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