Positive peer pressure: Priming member prototypicality can decrease undergraduate drinking

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 567-578

  Goode, Chris ^a   Balzarini, Rhonda H ^b   Smith, Heather J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84905740822     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jasp.12248     Document Type: Article

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