'It wasn't my sole purpose for going down there' - An inquiry into the Spring Break experience and its relation to risky behaviors and alcohol consumption

Annals of Leisure Research

Volumn 11, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 351-367

  Ribeiro, Nuno F ^a   Yarnal, Careen M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption; Risky behaviour; Spring break; University students

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865054830     PISSN: 11745398     EISSN: 21596816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11745398.2008.9686802     Document Type: Article

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