'Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder': People who think they are drunk also think they are attractive

British Journal of Psychology

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 225-234

  Bègue, Laurent ^a   Bushman, Brad J ^b,c   Zerhouni, Oulmann ^a   Subra, Baptiste ^d   Ourabah, Medhi ^e  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d University Paris Descartes   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 8   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; BEAUTY; BODY IMAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SELF CONCEPT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875958148     PISSN: 00071269     EISSN: 20448295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8295.2012.02114.x     Document Type: Article

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