Different digital paths to the keg? How exposure to peers' alcohol-related social media content influences drinking among male and female first-year college students

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 57, Issue , 2016, Pages 21-29

  Boyle, Sarah C ^a   LaBrie, Joseph W ^a   Froidevaux, Nicole M ^a   Witkovic, Yong D ^a  

^a LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

College student drinking; Gender differences; Mediation analysis; Social influence; Social media

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COLLEGE DRINKING; COLLEGE STUDENT; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; MALE; PEER GROUP; PERCEPTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL MEDIA; STUDENT ATTITUDE; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FRIEND; PEER PRESSURE; PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL DRINKING IN COLLEGE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; MALE; PEER INFLUENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL MEDIA; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84975678703     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: 18736327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2016.01.011     Document Type: Article

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