Pre-college pregaming: Practices, risk factors, and relationship to other indices of problematic drinking during the transition from high school to college

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 931-938

  Haas, Amie L ^a   Smith, Shelby K ^a   Kagan, Kari ^a   Jacob, Theodore ^a  

^a PALO ALTO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

alcohol use; college student; college transition; pregaming; problem drinking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COLLEGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTION; PREGAMING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STUDENT ATTITUDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; BINGE DRINKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SELF REPORT; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880677584     PISSN: 0893164X     EISSN: 19391501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029765     Document Type: Article

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