The way one thinks affects the way one drinks: Subjective evaluations of alcohol consequences predict subsequent change in drinking behavior

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 42-51

  Merrill, Jennifer E ^a   Read, Jennifer P ^a   Barnett, Nancy P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

alcohol consequences; college students; subjective evaluations

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ASPECT; STUDENT ATTITUDE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STUDENTS;

EID: 84880545226     PISSN: 0893164X     EISSN: 19391501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029898     Document Type: Article

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