The Accessibility of Family and Peer Norms in Young Adolescent Risk Behavior

Communication Research

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 3-26

  Rhodes, Nancy ^a   Ewoldsen, David R ^b   Shen, Lijiang ^c   Monahan, Jennifer L ^c   Eno, Cassie ^d  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d Waldorf College   (United States)

Author keywords

attitudes; health risk behavior; social norms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891522194     PISSN: 00936502     EISSN: 15523810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093650211429118     Document Type: Article

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