Marriage, Divorce, and Alcohol Use in Young Adulthood: A Longitudinal Sibling-Comparison Study

Emerging Adulthood

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 138-149

  Kretsch, Natalie ^a   Harden, K Paige ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

alcohol use; marriage; sibling comparisons

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899668574     PISSN: 21676968     EISSN: 21676984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2167696813513260     Document Type: Article

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