College drinking problems and social anxiety: The importance of drinking context

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 545-552

  Terlecki, Meredith A ^a,b   Ecker, Anthony H ^b   Buckner, Julia D ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

alcohol; college students; drinking contexts; drinking problems; social anxiety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRIEF YOUNG ADULT ALCOHOL CONSEQUENCES QUESTIONNAIRE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY DRINKING QUESTIONNAIRE REVISED; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRINKING CONTEXT SCALE REVISED; EMOTIONALITY; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE; SOCIAL BELIEF; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PHOBIA; STUDENT ATTITUDE; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ALCOHOLISM; COLLEGE DRINKING; HUMAN RELATION; MOTIVATION; PHOBIA; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING IN COLLEGE; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PHOBIC DISORDERS; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903277249     PISSN: 0893164X     EISSN: 19391501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0035770     Document Type: Article

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