Use of alcohol protective behavioral strategies among college students: A critical review

Clinical Psychology Review

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1025-1040

  Pearson, Matthew R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol use; Alcohol related problems; College students; Drinking control strategies; Protective behavioral strategies; Self control

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ANXIETY DISORDER; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FOLLOW UP; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTIVATION; PROMAX ROTATION; PROTECTIVE BEHAVIORAL STRATEGY; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RETROSPECTIVE MEMORY; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; SELF ESTEEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PROBLEM; THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOR;

ALCOHOL USE; ALCOHOL-RELATED PROBLEMS; COLLEGE STUDENTS; DRINKING CONTROL STRATEGIES; PROTECTIVE BEHAVIORAL STRATEGIES; SELF-CONTROL;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; HUMANS; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84883751673     PISSN: 02727358     EISSN: 18737811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpr.2013.08.006     Document Type: Review

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