Predicting Attitudes Toward a Restrictive Alcohol Policy: Using a Model of Distal and Proximal Predictors

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 492-499

  Storvoll, Elisabet E ^a   Moan, Inger Synnøve ^a   Rise, Jostein ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR ALCOHOL AND DRUG RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Alcohol policy; attitudes; beliefs; distal and proximal predictors; harm to others

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; MALE; NORWEGIAN (PEOPLE); PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POLICY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; RESTRICTIVE ALCOHOL POLICY; SEX DIFFERENCE; ATTITUDE; CAUCASIAN; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ATTITUDE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84945918793     PISSN: 0893164X     EISSN: 19391501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/adb0000036     Document Type: Article

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