Drinking to dampen affect variability: Findings from a college student sample

Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 576-583

  Gottfredson, Nisha C ^a   Hussong, Andrea M ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

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EID: 84884705048     PISSN: 19371888     EISSN: 19384114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15288/jsad.2013.74.576     Document Type: Article

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