A Social Reaction Model of Adolescent Health Risk

Social Psychological Foundations of Health and Illness

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 107-136

  Gibbons, Frederick X ^a   Gerrard, Meg ^a   Lane, David J ^a  

^a Department of Statistics Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence Iowa State University 2438 Osborn Dr Ames   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Health risk; Psychological model; Social activity; Social reaction model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874250632     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470753552.ch5     Document Type: Chapter

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