Alcohol makes you macho and helps you make friends: The role of masculine norms and peer pressure in adolescent boys' and girls' alcohol use

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 371-378

  Iwamoto, Derek K ^a   Smiler, Andrew P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Alcohol; General conformity; Masculine norms; Peer pressure; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MASCULINITY; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ALCOHOL DRINKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASCULINITY; PEER GROUP; RISK-TAKING; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; SOCIAL VALUES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875142726     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10826084.2013.765479     Document Type: Article

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