Drinking buddies: Who are they and when do they matter?

Addiction Research and Theory

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 57-67

  Lau Barraco, Cathy ^a   Linden, Ashley N ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol use; Drinking buddies; Normative perceptions; Peer influence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892165843     PISSN: 16066359     EISSN: 14767392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/16066359.2013.772585     Document Type: Article

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