Measurement equivalence of the brief comprehensive effects of alcohol scale in a multiethnic sample of college students

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 341-363

  Ham, Lindsay S ^a   Wang, Yijie ^b   Kim, Su Yeong ^b   Zamboanga, Byron L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol outcome expectancies; College students; Ethnicity; Evaluations; Gender; Measurement

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL OUTCOME EXPECTANCIES; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COLLEGE STUDENTS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ETHNICITY; ETHNOLOGY; EVALUATIONS; FEMALE; GENDER; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MULTICENTER STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ALCOHOL OUTCOME EXPECTANCIES; COLLEGE STUDENTS; ETHNICITY; EVALUATIONS; GENDER; MEASUREMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875511118     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: 10974679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.21904     Document Type: Article

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