Normative feedback for parents of college students: Piloting a parent based intervention to correct misperceptions of students' alcohol use and other parents' approval of drinking

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 107-113

  LaBrie, Joseph W ^a   Napper, Lucy E ^a   Hummer, Justin F ^b  

^a LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol use; College drinking; Normative feedback; Parent based intervention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONVERSATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMATIVE FEEDBACK; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PEER PRESSURE; PERCEPTION; STUDENT ATTITUDE; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT;

ALCOHOL USE; COLLEGE DRINKING; NORMATIVE FEEDBACK; PARENT-BASED INTERVENTION;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PILOT PROJECTS; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84890148475     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: 18736327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2013.08.036     Document Type: Article

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